Part-time workers
Updating author: Susan Mayne
Summary
- Under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/1551), part-time workers must not be treated less favourably than comparable full-time workers unless the employer can justify such less favourable treatment on wholly objective grounds. (See Overview and Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000)
- Part-time workers have the right not to be treated less favourably in matters relating to, for example, pay, overtime premium payments, holiday and holiday pay, sickness benefits, selection for redundancy, access to pension schemes, long-service awards, bonuses and commissions. (See Rate of pay and overtime pay; Redundancy selection criteria; Annual holiday; Other terms and conditions; Training and promotion; and Indivisible benefits)
- Part-time workers may challenge their employer's apparent disregard for their statutory rights under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 by requesting a written statement explaining the reasons for any discriminatory treatment. (See Written statement of reasons for less favourable treatment)
- Part-time workers have the legal right not to be discriminated against, victimised, dismissed or selected for redundancy for asserting their statutory rights, or for questioning or challenging their employer's refusal or failure to comply with those rights. (See Unfair dismissal and detrimental treatment)
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