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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The case of Komeng v National Highways illustrates that an employer may be able to justify treating a fixed-term employee differently from a comparable permanent employee where there is a genuine and proportionate business reason for doing so.
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- Date:
- 23 July 2026
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- Commentary and insights
The reduction of the qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal is one of the most significant workplace reforms contained in the Employment Rights Act 2025. In our recent webinar on the subject, attendees asked about the implications of the changes for the use of fixed-term contracts.
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- How to
Updated to reflect that the Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024, which extend redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents, come into force on 6 April 2024.
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- Date:
- 8 November 2023
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The Workers (Predicable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 has now received Royal Assent. But will it fix the problem of zero hours contracts and precarious work? Probably not, says XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman, who casts an eye over Labour's plans for a "New Deal" and points to a forgotten proposal with the potential to make a real difference.
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- Type:
- How to
Updated to reflect that the code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement may apply when a fixed-term contract ends or is extended.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is a partner and Krishna Santra and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 14 August 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Kücük v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [2012] IRLR 697 ECJ, the ECJ held that an employer's use of 13 successive fixed-term contracts over a period of 11 years was not inherently in breach of the Fixed-term Workers Directive, but that the issue of objective justification had to be assessed by the national court on the particular facts of the case.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter on renewal of fixed-term employment.
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- Date:
- 6 February 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The European Court of Justice has suggested that it may be possible for employers to justify engaging an individual for more than four years on a succession of fixed-term contracts as he or she moves around to cover work for different absent employees.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter making an offer of fixed-term employment.