HR folk, please could you help me with a continuous service based question.

[halexanderamilton]

I have just been offered a job at a company that I left at Christmas due to my contract coming to an end. I have been offered a new contract with them starting in March. I asked if they would allow this as continuous service and they refused as the gap between contracts is more than 2 months and I have worked elsewhere in between.

Would this be a normal situation at the organisations you work with, please? I'm just trying to get a handle on this as, because I am on contracts, it would be unreasonable of them to expect me not to work elsewhere in between contracts.

I just wondered what other people think.

Doesnt sound like continous service to me if you worked somewhere else in between jobs

We wouldn't do it as continuous service either

Ok thanks for such quick replies. I wasn't sure if the fixed term contract aspect might have bought me some leeway.

Thanks for your advice. I won't pursue it any further

No that's too long. Longest I've ever heard of is a month's break and that was with a very generous employer.

The public sector only allows something like 5 days gap between roles for continuous service to still apply, just to put it in perspective for you.

Thanks. Great perspective. I appreciate you replying.