End of probation query

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OpenToSuggestions

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Hey all,
My probationary period is up at work. Six months.
All is going well, but I have not had any kind of 1:1 review.

My question is:
If 6 months probation is up and the company don't 'do' anything, am I automatically a full time employee. Is it legally implied?

In before:
Smash a pasty.
Poo through letterbox.
 
I personally had to chase it up, ended up getting confirmation about 9 months into the Job. I tend to go with the idea that if you're doing all-right performance wise, you've got nothing to worry about. Might be worth asking the question though, if you have concerns about job perks such as sickness and pension.
 
OpenToSuggestions said:
Hey all,
My probationary period is up at work. Six months.
All is going well, but I have not had any kind of 1:1 review.

My question is:
If 6 months probation is up and the company don't 'do' anything, am I automatically a full time employee. Is it legally implied?

In before:
Smash a pasty.
Poo through letterbox.
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Check your contract it should state in there. We recently changed our contract to stop it automatically implying that after the 6 month period a staff member becomes a full member of staff after some trouble with a new team member.

In short it can be either.
 
I wouldn't worry personally. At our work, they don't actually tell anyone whether they've passed or not. They don't fire you after three months, so you just keep showing up for work...and all is good!
 
Vince said:
Check your contract it should state in there. We recently changed our contract to stop it automatically implying that after the 6 month period a staff member becomes a full member of staff after some trouble with a new team member.

In short it can be either.
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AFAIK after the trial/temp period it automatically rolls over to a "default" contract if you keep them on as a statutory right unless you otherwise issue them with a new contract signed by both parties (or stop their employment) so that clause is pretty much not worth the paper its written on if it actually came to it in court. (Not that it really means much any more inside 2 years).
 
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MrMoonX said:
Your employer can pretty much sack you in the first two years now so probation periods mean ****
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This really.

You are a full time employee from the moment you start working there. The probation period has no legal meaning it's just a companies way of assessing employees performance.
 
Rroff said:
AFAIK after the trial/temp period it automatically rolls over to a "default" contract if you keep them on as a statutory right unless you otherwise issue them with a new contract signed by both parties so that clause is pretty much not worth the paper its written on if it actually came to it in court.
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I work for a legal 500 company so I am guessing there must be something to it, it is however an area I don't know all that much about.
 
Yup this happened with me, after 6 months my boss brought me into a meeting room and said congratulations and handed me the benefits information, nothing else apart from that, no contract to re-sign or anything.

Really should finish filling in my life insurance....:(
 
MrMoonX said:
Your employer can pretty much sack you in the first two years now so probation periods mean ****
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Yes and no. The two years is of course correct, but having a structured probation process and period within that time means that they have an effective and structured way of removing an employee from the business in half the time it would normally expect to take.
 
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