Seanad debates
Thursday, 29 May 2003
Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
Section 10 deals with the issue of the third year renewal. Senator Coghlan correctly pointed out that a good employer would know a good employee in practice and that he or she would appoint that person on a permanent basis. The directive gave member states a number of options. We took the three year route with one further renewal to give flexibility to both sides. I hope employers will take a fair and pragmatic approach and do the decent thing by employees and not exploit them.
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