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Long term IT contractor being made redundant

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  • 27-10-2008 9:34pm
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    LegacyUser
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    hi there. i am a long term IT contractor for an Irish Software Development company. I have been with them 6+ years. I never received any pay from any other company in that time. I was paid a daily rate that was basically a suitable permanent salary divided by the number of working days.

    I am now being made redundant. Fair enough - times are tough and I guess contractors are the first to go. However, I have a question about my legal status here w.r.t. redundancy: should I be treated like a permanent employee for the purposes of redendancy? I remember reading somewhere (long forgotton) that if a person works for a single company - contractor or not - exclusively for more than 2 years then they are considered to be permanent.

    thanks for the help.


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    Nody
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    Did you pay your own tax?


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    LegacyUser
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    Yes, I paid all my taxes etc.. I was contracting under a limited company.


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