Working Patterns

Working Patterns

Fixed term contract

Their employers give fixed term contracts to employees and it will terminate at a future date when a specific term expires. For example when employees are given task that they may not be able to complete because they could be sick or possibly have maternity leave then people with a fixed term contract when then step in and cover their work. When fixed term contracts ends and it ends after 2 years of the employee’s service then they are entitled to a redundancy payment. Fixed term contracts are very common for football managers as well as football players. An example of a football manager that has had a fixed term contract is Henning Berg. However he did not complete the terminated date of his 3 year fixed term contract and left after just 57 days.

Freelance 


A freelance worker is someone who is self employed and is not committed to just one employer since they usually work for a variety of different companies. In the film industry some of the roles that a freelance worker takes on are film distribution, or they work in departments of major broadcasters. However they must have the right qualification and skills to take on these particular roles. Freelance workers are also brought on in businesses from agencies or companies.

Irregular patterns 

Irregular pattern working hours are very similar to freelance worker hours. Irregular pattern workers usually go in to work only when they’re needed or whenever they want to do work. An example of a worker that works irregular patterns is an animator who may be needed for a small part of the film that they may not be particularly in but they could be contracted to go in a take shifts. People are drawn to irregular pattern working since it has good pay. However irregular working hours could affect workers sleeping and eating patterns since they can be brought in to work at any moment.