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06: When does the contract end?
Contracts of employment can be either permanent or temporary. A permanent contract is usually ended by notice and the law says that the longer an employee has worked, the longer the notice that the employer must give to end the contract, with the maximum being 12 weeks after 12 or more years’ service. A contract can oblige the parties to conform to a longer period of notice if there is an express term to this effect. Employees in law have to give at least a week’s notice to end the contract, although many contracts have express terms that require longer notice. Temporary contracts by contrast are either for a fixed-term or for the completion of a fixed piece of work. However, even in the case of a temporary contract, its termination at the end of the time or the task in law still amounts to a dismissal, and is still subject to an investigation into its fairness or otherwise.Last Updated
