Bit of a complicated question

Bluemeanie_2 · 18 November 2011 at 7:07PM

Hello,

I am new to these boards so was unsure to post this in employment or redundancy.

Bit of a complicated question and our HR department don't seem to have a clue.

I worked in a job, two positions came up, a position for a permanent senior and a position for a two year fixed term senior.

I applied and got the perm post (as I scored the highest at interview etc) and a colleague got the two year fixed. (there is already one other perm senior)

So there is me and A on perm and B on two year fixed.

HR are saying to B that your two year fixed is ending your employment terminates. HOWEVER he has over a years continuous service before he took the two year fixed.

He is arguing that as he has worked there for over two year, albeit in a different post previously, if they are reducing a post from three to two (even though it was only a two year post to start with). That me, A and B all have to sit in the same pot and be re-interviewed/redundancy process followed etc.

Is this true? (I hope not, otherwise making it two year fixed was pointless?)

Many thanks

EconomicsGirl · 20 November 2011 at 12:08AM

I think he's wrong. If his fixed term contract has ended they can just terminate his employment I believe - at least that's what happened where I worked (big public sector), was harsh on the fixed term workers as even if they were better than the perm ones they got pushed out but it is in their contracts so shouldn't be too much of a surprise in this climate. I think you'll be fine.