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Written statements of employer.
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8.—(1) Where an employee is employed on a fixed-term contract the fixed-term employee shall be informed in writing as soon as practicable by the employer of the objective condition determining the contract whether it is—
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(a) arriving at a specific date,
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(b) completing a specific task, or
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(c) the occurrence of a specific event.
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(2) Where an employer proposes to renew a fixed-term contract, the fixed-term employee shall be informed in writing by the employer of the objective grounds justifying the renewal of the fixed-term contract and the failure to offer a contract of indefinite duration, at the latest by the date of the renewal.
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(3) A written statement under subsection (1) or (2) is admissible as evidence in any proceedings under this Act.
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(4) If it appears to a rights commissioner or the Labour Court in any proceedings under this Act—
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(a) that an employer omitted to provide a written statement, or
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(b) that a written statement is evasive or equivocal,
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the rights commissioner or the Labour Court may draw any inference he or she or it consider just and equitable in the circumstances.
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