The regulations of 2002 which transpose into British law the EU directive on fixed-term contracts provides that employees engaged at fixed-term which justify of a continuous working relationship with the same employer during four years, are regarded as having a permanent position. Since 10 July 2006, abusive fixed-term contracts can be automatically converted into permanent (open-end) contracts (Ref. 06731)
One of the aims of the Fixed-term Employment (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 is to prevent the abusive use of fixed-term contracts. Under the regulations, after four years of service on two or more successive contracts, a contract automatically becomes permanent unless the employer can ‘objectively’ justify the renewal of the contract on a fixed-term basis : when the employer can prove that the use of a new fixed-term contract is necessary and is adapted to achieve a
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