Jennifer Cashman has more than 20 years’ specialist experience advising a wide range of employers across a number of sectors. Recognised as a Leading Individual in Irish Employment Law in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Europe and is also recommended as a Leading Lawyer (Band 1) in Chambers Europe. Recognised thought-leader on various employment law and HR issues, in particular retirement ages and age discrimination. Clients praise Jennifer for her “practical, business-focused advice” and say “she gives "straight answers to straight questions… clearly very experienced and her delivery is fantastic - always clear and to the point."
Many employers utilise fixed-term and specific purpose contracts of employment. The RDJ LLP Employment Team regularly advises our clients on the employment law and HR considerations associated with such contracts. Recently, we have identified an increase in queries on the use of such contracts and we thought it would be useful for us to prepare a Q&A for employers, using the questions we are asked most frequently by our clients, to help employers to navigate this tricky area of employment law.
The Law
The Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (“the Act”) governs fixed-term and specified purpose contracts of employment (together referred to as “fixed-term contracts”). Section 6 of the Act sets out that fixed-term employees shall not be
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