Hi all,
I originally put this in Craicnet, as I am in Ireland so employment laws could be very different but theres more traffic here...
I have a contract of definite duration which ran out last week when I was on annual leave.
Ive had this kind of contract for 3 years now.
Work had not contacted me to renew it but expected me at work this week(I presume they just forgot)
I had to contact my line manager last week to ask if senior management had mentioned anything about it, line manager said they would speak with seniors this morning.
I am WFH today but expected to be in office tomorrow.
I am still awaiting my renewed contract.
Should/shouldn't I be signed in and working at this very moment?
Not sure what I should be doing as nobody will respond and I'm getting conflicting advice when I search online.
I've had an awful time lately with a couple of senior managers, they are awful people.
This same thing happened last year, contract expired, no word on new one, except I just continued to work for about 6 weeks until I pushed them for my new contract!
They said they were just amending a couple of things.
One of those amendments was a new, ridiculous notice period (9 weeks!) I stupidly just signed it as we were in a very busy period.
I want to negotiate this today when I do get my new contract but I'm unsure whether I have the leverage to do this or if they can just revoke the offer if I'm seen as being "difficult"??
Because its a contract of definite duration, they don't have to give me notice and can just not renew my contract, therefore I couldn't have them for unfair dismissal.
But, because I'm now technically working with no contract, is this now a grey area and would I have any sort of case if they did refuse the new contract after I try to negotiate?
Also...if nobody gets back to me today to negotiate, do I just show up to work tomorrow? If i don't, can they reprimand me? I'll really fuck up the department tomorrow if I'm not in.
Aibu to not go into work tomorrow if I haven't had a chance to speak to someone and sign?
Apologies if any of that is confusing. I'm slightly worried and need to sort this by the end of today