Employer lost its chance to extend probationary period

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• Pinsent Masons Employment Group

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employer who did not exercise an express contractual right to extend a probationary period within the initial probationary period lost its right to extend it.

The employment contract provided for a three-month probationary period during which the employer could terminate on one week's notice. The contract also contained a provision which allowed the employer to extend this initial three month probationary period and the right to termin... (519 more words)

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