Common use of Phase 3 Clause in Contracts

Phase 3. a. The agency worker works in phase 3 as soon as the agency work employment contract is continued after completion of phase 1-2 or when entering into a new agency work employment contract with the same employment agency within a period of six months after completion of phase 1-2. b. Phase 3 lasts a maximum of three years and during this phase, a maximum of six agency work employment contracts without agency clause can be agreed. c. In phase 3, the agency worker is always working on the basis of an agency work employment contract for a definite period of time without agency clause, unless an agency work employment contract for an indefinite period of time without agency clause has explicitly been agreed. d. The three-year period and the number of six agency work employment contracts without agency clause (as referred to under b.) are added up as long as any interruption between two agency work employment contracts does not exceed six months. In that case, the interruption period is included. If there has been an interruption of six months or more between two agency work employment contracts, the counting of phase 1-2 starts at zero again. e. If the agency worker was already working in phase 3 before 1 January 2022 and has a fixed-term agency work employment contract that was entered into before this date with an end date on or after 2 January 2023, this contract may exceed the term of three years without the agency worker transferring to phase