- Title
- Non-renewal of a fixed-term employment contract
- Creator
- Timothy, Lester Clement
- Subject
- Fixed-term labor contracts -- South Africa
- Subject
- Labor laws and legislation -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- LLM
- Identifier
- vital:10209
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/431
- Identifier
- Fixed-term labor contracts -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Labor laws and legislation -- South Africa
- Description
- In terms of the common law contract of employment an employee who is a party to a fixed term contract, unlike an indefinite period contract, cannot be dismissed. The contract terminates upon an agreed or ascertainable date determined by the parties and the conclusion of the contract. Section 186(1)(b) of the Labour Relations Act 1995, however, defines the failure to renew a fixed term contract on the same or similar terms where the employee reasonably expected the contract to be renewed, as a dismissal. In this treatise the scope and content of this provision is considered with reference to relevant case law. The factors and considerations that establish a reasonable expectation are highlighted and considered. The question as to whether or not this provision also provides for the situation where an employee expects indefinite employment is also considered and critically discussed. The author concludes that the provision should not be interpreted in such a manner that an expectation of permanent employment is created.
- Format
- 48 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Law
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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