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**Chris** · 24-03-2011, 11:36

If you go through the civil service recruitment process and are employed as a civil servant, then you can have a permanent contract to work as one. But if any civil service department requires additional support it is only allowed to recruit non-civil servants on a temporary basis. IIRC the upper limit is five years. I have done contract work for the civil service and have seen people move on after that period of time even though their projects were ongoing, simply because they were not allowed to have more than five years' continuous employment as a temp in the civil service.

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Edit ... Looks like the limit is 2 years in this case. I guess it may change depending on whether the posts are at a managerial level or not.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,266	Re: Liverpool passport staff sacked after contract error If you go through the civil service recruitment process and are employed as a civil servant, then you can have a permanent contract to work as one. But if any civil service department requires additional support it is only allowed to recruit non-civil servants on a temporary basis. IIRC the upper limit is five years. I have done contract work for the civil service and have seen people move on after that period of time even though their projects were ongoing, simply because they were not allowed to have more than five years' continuous employment as a temp in the civil service. ---------- Post added at 10:36 ---------- Previous post was at 10:32 ---------- Edit ... Looks like the limit is 2 years in this case. I guess it may change depending on whether the posts are at a managerial level or not.