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Employment Act 1982

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Right to minimum period of notice

3(1)In sections 49 and 50 of the 1978 Act (rights of employer and employee to a minimum period of notice) for the words " four weeks " in section 49(1), (2) and (3) and section 50(1) and (2) (which relate to the period of continuous employment necessary before either right arises) there shall be substituted " one month ".

(2)In section 49(4) of that Act (which converts into a contract for an indefinite period a contract for a term certain of four weeks or less where the employee has been continuously employed for twelve weeks or more) for the words " twelve weeks " there shall be substituted " three months " and for the words " four weeks" there shall be substituted " one month ".

(3)After that subsection there shall be inserted—

(4A)Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a contract made in contemplation of the performance of a specific task which is not expected to last for more than three months unless the employee has been continuously employed for a period of more than three months..

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