Fixed Term Employment Contracts. (a) Fixed term employment will only be used for genuine fixed term arrangements.
Fixed Term Employment Contracts. The parties agree that the use of fixed term employment contracts is appropriate under certain circumstances provided the following criteria are applied:
Fixed Term Employment Contracts. (a) Fixed term or maximum term employment will only be used for genuine fixed term arrangements and in accordance with the FW Act limitations.
Fixed Term Employment Contracts. 8. An employment contract is valid until further notice unless it has been set for a fixed term for a justifiable reason. Contracts drawn up for a fixed term by the employer without just cause as well as the use of consecutive fixed-term contracts without justifiable reason must be considered to effect a relationship that is in force until further notice. If the work of an employee hired as a temporary substitute becomes substitution of a permanent nature, the employment contract shall be changed to one that is valid until further notice.
Fixed Term Employment Contracts. Application of Section 3.4 of the Collective Agreement on International Commercial Vessels and Section 4.4 of the Agreement on international passenger vessels The provisions of Section 3.4 of the Collective Agreement on International Commercial Vessels and Section 4.4 of the Agreement on international passenger vessels are intended, on the one hand, to specify the situations in which a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded at the initiative of the employer and, on the other hand, to prevent the use of a fixed-term employment contract to circumvent the employment security of the worker. The provision is not intended to prevent the conclusion of a fixed-term employment contract at the initiative of the worker and in his interest in a situation where this would not be possible at the initiative of the employer. The use of a fixed-term contract is usually appropriate in situations where there is work available, but it is known in advance that the work will end after a certain period of time or after a particular task has been completed. In order to facilitate practical situations, the parties have agreed that, according to Sections 3.4 and 4.4 of the collective agreements on international traffic, fixed-term employment contracts may be concluded at the initiative of the employer if the reasons for doing so include: - the nature of the work, for example - assigned work or - seasonal work; - substitution, for example - replacing an employee on special pregnancy, pregnancy or parental leave, childcare leave, temporary care leave, sick leave, annual leave or study leave; - apprenticeship; - any other circumstance similar to the above that requires a fixed- term contract, for example - levelling out work during peak periods, - work at weekends, provided that working at weekends is not in itself a reason for concluding a fixed-term contract, but that there is another acceptable reason and provided that there is no circumvention of the employee's right to protection against dismissal and employment security; and - any other legitimate reason related to the activity of the shipping company or its traffic operations, for example - justified temporary uncertainty about the start or continuation of the activity, provided that there is no circumvention of the employee's right to protection against dismissal; or - time chartering or voyage chartering, or fixed-term chartering, provided that the mere fact of the chartering or chartering contract does not in itself...
Fixed Term Employment Contracts. (a) Fixed term employment will only be used for genuine fixed term arrangements. Such arrangements are subject to the restrictions contained in the Fair Work Act (cap of two years for rolling contracts unless they are one of the exceptions including those in (below).
