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  1. FIXED TERM CONTRACTS - UNDER THE NEW AMENDMENTS (Part 2)

    Justifiable Reasons

    Some of the reasons which will be deemed justifiable reasons are, if the employee:
    a)*Is replacing another employee who is temporarily absent from work;
    b)*Is engaged on account of a temporary increase in the volume of work which is not expected to endure beyond twelve months;

    c)*Is a student or recent graduate who is employed for the purposes of being trained or gaining work experience in order to enter a job or profession; ...
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  2. FIXED TERM CONTRACTS - UNDER THE NEW AMENDMENTS (Part 1)

    Fixed term contracts, (also referred to as limited duration contracts), are contracts that allow an employer to have a measure of flexibility within the workplace. The contract, unlike a permanent employment contract, comes to an automatic end on a specific date or at the end of a specific project. This flexibility would allow an employer to employ a person for a limited duration of time in order to satisfy a particular operational requirement. *

    As an example, if a permanent employee ...