1.   Others include relating pay to performance ... and the introduction of fixed term contracts.

2.   Quite a lot of our staff are employed on short term contracts.

3.   Short term contracts are now the norm with some big companies.

4.   ...the expiry of a fixed term contract.

5.   Our expertise in Engineering Contracting and Design has given us a strong position in long term partnering contracts.

6.   We were pleased to be awarded a long term contract from BP for integrated engineering services on their Magnus, Thistle and Miller platforms.

7.   He also said senior ranks would be employed on fixed term contracts, and their pay would be performance related.

8.   This, of course, would be particularly applicable in standard term contracts, or where there was a marked inequality in bargaining power.