282 Short-term employment.E+W+S
(1)The provisions of Chapter II of Part IV (procedure for handling redundancies) do not apply to employment—
(a)under a contract for a fixed term of three months or less, or
(b)under a contract made in contemplation of the performance of a specific task which is not expected to last for more than three months,
where the employee has not been continuously employed for a period of more than three months.
(2)Section 151 of and Schedule 13 to the M1Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (computation of period of continuous employment), and any provision modifying or supplementing that section or Schedule for the purposes of that Act, apply for the purposes of this section.
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