Should employees be offered repeated fixed-term contracts when there is a need for permanent employment? Europe’s highest court has ruled this is new against EU law – a decision which could have ramifications for UK businesses.
Waterfront’s Matthew Hodson, tells the Gazette that renewing a fixed-term contract can already amount to unlawful treatment under the UK’s Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002.
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