Thanks for your response Leper.
(a) I'm not a member of a trade union, but I am in contact with some reps about this matter. They may support me as a matter of principle.
(b) No, my employer is a NOT a non Irish company; it s a household-name Irish semi-state with a track record of letting staff go just prior to four years fulltime employment.
(c) When my contract expires, my work will be carried out by staff from an external company who are taking over responsibility for day-to-day IT in my company. They are currently sitting beside me obtaining all the necessary information from myself, and others, to achieve this.
So, my point is: my work still needs doing, it just suits the company to have someone else do it, and not to renew my contract after my being there for three years, full-time. Also, full-time staff are being accommodate, whereas I am not.
Am I being unfairly treated?
I agree.Sorry to say this Seosamh, you will be finishing with this semi-state company. The union giving you lip service probably will not be effective either, but it makes them look good to other non members and to their membership. I hear what you are saying, but outsourcing is the order of the day for your company. In your future career I hope you do better than the "under four year rule."
Leper.
Find a good Employment Solicitor.
You are with a semi-state and from your comments they too have fallen into the (part-time contract) scene. It smells of unfairness.
If semi-states can get away with this , then private co,s will be emboldened.
Long term this (short-termism), on what are long term jobs, will self defeat, and is corrosive to society.
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