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Short term contracts: the legal status in Britain

Nature volume 282, pages 552–553 (1979)Cite this article

British law on fixed term contracts is unclear. Basic questions, such as ‘what is a fixed term contract?’ and ‘how effective is a waiver clause?’ have still to receive satisfactory answers. Julian Fulbrook of the London School of Economics, traces the recent legal wrangles.

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Fulbrook, J. Short term contracts: the legal status in Britain. Nature 282, 552–553 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/282552a0

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