Mr. John Arkins:

There is actually no need to challenge them. They have already been proven to be illegal and unconstitutional because of the laws that have already been passed. Basically, this law has been exhausted in the courts. There is no objective justification one can bring into my workplace that is funded to create quality employment where the minimum standard laid down in the legislation does not apply. We have a group of unions who purport to represent workers in this industry but no one can explain how the fixed-term workers' legislation, which was transposed into the 2003 Act, does not apply to people who have been 37, 27 or 43 years working in the industry and are still on fixed-term contracts today. We would welcome such an explanation. We would also like to hear why employers have funded employment creation yet we are still on fixed-term contracts, 15 years after the Act came in to stop the abuse of fixed-term workers.