Redundancy rights do fixed-term employees

statutory redundancy pay if they have been continuously employed for two years or more.However, if the fixed-term employee is on a contract which has not been renewed or extended since 1 October 2002, and they have signed a waiver clause on that contract, it still applies and they are not entitled to statutory redundancy pay.

If the contract was renewed or extended after this date, and the fixed-term employee has at least two years' continuous service, they will be entitled to statutory redundancy pay and any waiver signed will not stand.

Fixed-term employees on task contracts of two years or more have a right to statutory redundancy pay if they are made redundant at the end of their contracts. on objective grounds if you can show that it is necessary and appropriate to achieve a legitimate and genuine business objective.


Fixed-term employees cannot be excluded from the statutory redundancy payments scheme. However, they can be excluded from contractual schemes if this is objectively justified.