British Airways Plc v Starmer [2005] IRLR 862 EAT
Reports relating to this case:
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Sex discrimination: Minimum 75% full-time hours policy is indirectly discriminatory
- Date:
- 14 October 2005
In British Airways plc v Starmer, the EAT holds that the tribunal was entitled to find that a decision by the employer not to allow the employee to work part-time at 50% of her full-time hours, but only at 75%, was a "provision, criterion or practice" for the purposes of s.1(2)(b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.
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Refusing part-time work not justified
- Date:
- 1 September 2005
In British Airways plc v Starmer (21 July 2005), the EAT holds that a decision to refuse an employee a request to work 50% of full time, and requiring 75% or full time, was unlawful indirect discrimination.
