6th August 2005, 02:37 PM
Well some of us have balls!
There isnt a contract as such such, just a letter stating the length of our contract extension and its termination on the 22nd of december.
However the digging staff has discussed this issue with the management and have been told that there is no guartantee of work or project funding after december and they dont want to have a large number of people to lay off.
We have been promised a reply as to a contract extension by november to allow us to find new work - we may just be being fobbed off as seeems to be normal practice within archaeology but it seemed worth giving benifit of doubt and holding on a little longer before "kicking off".
If BAJR feels this is the wrong decision, or it is felt that intervention at this stage would be more benificial then a copy of the extension and origional contract is on its way to BAJR as I for one have had more than enough of spending Christmas with no job, only to get re-employed in Jan (with no holiday pay)!
There isnt a contract as such such, just a letter stating the length of our contract extension and its termination on the 22nd of december.
However the digging staff has discussed this issue with the management and have been told that there is no guartantee of work or project funding after december and they dont want to have a large number of people to lay off.
We have been promised a reply as to a contract extension by november to allow us to find new work - we may just be being fobbed off as seeems to be normal practice within archaeology but it seemed worth giving benifit of doubt and holding on a little longer before "kicking off".
If BAJR feels this is the wrong decision, or it is felt that intervention at this stage would be more benificial then a copy of the extension and origional contract is on its way to BAJR as I for one have had more than enough of spending Christmas with no job, only to get re-employed in Jan (with no holiday pay)!