Fixed Term Worker - what is continuous employment?

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I have been employed on a series of fixed term contracts (part time) doing essentially the same thing for over 4 years. However, sometimes, it has been a few months at a time, then maybe not needed until the same time the next year. On other occasions I have worked most of a particular year on a part time basis.

Could anyone advise what constitutes 'continuous emp' please? must the contracts run back to back with no break in between?

thanks

A few months' gap between contracts would certainly not count as being continuous employment I'm afraid. You might have an argument with gaps of a week or similar, but months, no.

Your contract needs to be 'continuous' with no breaks to count as continuous service, any break between contracts counts as break in service