Fixed term contract rights?

FBaby

Jillanddy said:

FBaby said:

Be careful. Remember that for redundancy to apply, it's the role that has to be made redundant, not you.

If your fixed term is to cover someone on maternity live who intends to come for instance, redundancy would not apply. 

Yes it would apply. The role of "maternity cover" would be redundant. If it were that easy to get rid of people without redundancy pay, most employers would be at it. 

Not the case. My close friend found herself in this position and lost at tribunal. Her role was not seem 'maternity cover' but 'product marketing assistant'. She didn't even know it was maternity cover when offered the job, just that it was fixed term for 12 months'. 

Many employers ARE at it, they just don't employ internally but externally where redundancy wouldn't apply anyway as under 24 months employement.