Common use of Fixed Term Employment Clause in Contracts

Fixed Term Employment. (1) An employee and an employer may agree that the employment of the employee will end: (a) At the close of a specified date or period; or (b) On the occurrence of a specified event; or (c) At the conclusion of a specified project. (2) Before an employee and employer agree that the employment of the employee will end in a way specified in subsection (1) the employer must: (a) Have genuine reasons based on reasonable grounds for specifying that the employment of the employee is to end in that way; and (b) Advise the employee of when or how his or her employment will end and the reasons for his or her employment ending in that way. (3) The following reasons are not genuine reasons for the purpose of subsection (2)(a): (a) To exclude or limit the rights of the employee under the Employment Relations Act 2000; (b) To establish the suitability of the employee for permanent employment.

Fixed Term Employment. (1) . An employee and an employer may agree that the employment of the employee will end: (a) At the close of a specified date or period; or (b) On the occurrence of a specified event; or (c) At the conclusion of a specified project. (2) . Before an employee and employer agree that the employment of the employee will end in a way specified in subsection (1) the employer must: (a) Have genuine reasons based on reasonable grounds for specifying that the employment of the employee is to end in that way; and (b) Advise the employee of when or how his or her employment will end and the reasons for his or her employment ending in that way. (3) . The following reasons are not genuine reasons for the purpose of subsection (2)(a2) (a): (a) To exclude or limit the rights of the employee under the Employment Relations Act 2000; (b) To establish the suitability of the employee for permanent employment. 4. Fixed-term employees are referred to as Temporary Employees for the purpose of this Agreement.