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An employee held a "reasonable and understandable expectation" that his employment would continue past the end date of his fixed-term contract, the Fair Work Commission has found, in clearing him to pursue a general protections claim.

Volunteer Marine Rescue objected to the state training officer's claim on the basis he hadn't been dismissed, but rather his contract had ended due to the effluxion of time.

The Commission heard the employee began employment in January 2021 under a six-month contract that stated the parties could choose to renew the contract by negotiation...