The second amendment to section 7 inserted a new section 7(2) to cover situations where the terms of a fixed-term employee's contract of employment, taken as a whole in relation to conditions of employment, are at least as favourable as the terms of the comparable permanent employee's contract of employment. This provision was sought by the Department of Finance to provide flexibility to employers who might want to provide an attractive package of entitlements to attract certain employees to work on a fixed-term contract basis. This amendment is similar to a provision in the equivalent UK legislation on fixed-term work, the Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002.