My fiancee has been employed by the MOD since June of last year on a ‘casual’contract which will finish no later than the 31st of March.
As the person she is covering for is off for at least another year her boss went to ask if she could extend my fiancee.
The response she was given was no and that she had to be replaced by someone else and not to be allowed to apply for the job, nor any other job which is advertised.
My fiancee has written to the civil admin department asking for a written statement of why she is being denied her right to apply for the job and has been told that she is not a fixed term worker but a casual worker.
Can anyone give any advice on how best to frame the grievance as all she really wants is the right to be able to apply for the job.
The DTI states that a casual worker with a fixed end date is defined as a fixed term worker and therefore her employer is potentially in breach of the fixed term worker regulations. The thing that is worrying her is that they will then terminate her contract early for asking for the right to apply for a job (as allowed for in the regulations)
Can anyone give any tips- to help her get what she wants but to allow the person in civil admin to not loose too much face.?
Duncan Chandler
