Fixed Term contract help

bm546

Hoping someone may have some advice!

I work for a well known university in London and am employed on a fixed term contract as i work in clinical research, it was advertised as 6 months and when i started myself and the other person employed in the same post were told it was only 3 due to the financial year. For some silly reason as it was my first day I didn't say anything but we were advised at the time there would be no issue with extension as funding was already in place.
We both received a letter of contract termination in March but when we challenged were told it was nothing to worry about and the usual process, it was just until they had the official funding letter through to issue contracts which would be in April. April arrived and we received an email saying that as the official letter had yet arrived they would be using a bridging fund until end of May to cover us but would not be issuing a temporary contract.
We are now in May and they have still not received the letter and so will not issue contracts but keep telling us we are employed until 31st March 2018.
To top it all off after searching for the right house for around a year and half we have just been accepted on one that suits our needs/wants BUT as I am on fixed term contract for employment the mortgage company want my current in date contract (which i completely understand). Myself and my colleague have been non-stop chasing for our new contracts and the other day i had to tell my manager I NEEDED that contract or i am going to loose my house, to which he sent an email but got no response and hasn't chased until i called him to find out.
is there anyway i could force them into issuing a contract for the bridging period?:(

Guest101

No, the short answer is you can be sacked with limited notice for no reason with-in the first two years.


So you cant really force anything.


That said, in law your contract continues to be valid, an email from you manager would probably help with your application. Everyone is entitled to written terms of employment, but push too hard and they may sack you as it seems they only have capital and no ongoing funding. - the manager is simply plugging the gaps at the minute

getmore4less

if your fixed term expired and they have kept you on then you are now on the same terms just a different end date(open ended the same as a permanent contract) and the notice in that contract applies.