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Fixed term contracts?

  • 14-03-2008 7:05pm
    #1
    sygdsaugdyuysd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi there, considering moving from the private to the public sector and I’m trying to find out what exactly are fixed term contracts.
    Job security matters to me because of family situation, and the job I have now is permanent, but obviously the way the economy is now things can change.
    Anyway, I am looking at a fixed term job, for five years, and I’m wondering how do these things work?
    I have a friend who is a Garda, and he said a lot of their new recruits are getting similar contracts.
    So, what happens at the end of the five years?
    Is it a given that you stay on….people might fill me in!
    Thank you:)


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  • #2
    grainne_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭grainne_t


    I moved from private sector to a semi state on a fixed term contract for 12 months of which I'm 7 months into.
    Most of the newbies in my company have also come in on a ftc..Fom what I've been told by almost everyone in the company I've asked is that you have to be a complete moron for your contract not to be made permanent once the term is up....I think its more or less the same across the board in the public sector..


  • #3
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    I can't comment on your potential work environment, but when the contract comes to an end you either get a renewed contract or your contract comes to an end at the specified date. In the case of a five year contract, an extension should (assuming it's not one of the specific exceptions) fulfill a clause of the Fixed Term Workers act whereby two or more contracts of combined duration of more than four years result in the contract becoming one of indefinite duration.

    Note that despite the four year limit mentioned a single fixed term contract can legally be issued for any duration.


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