Matthews and others v Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority and others [2006] IRLR 367 HL

Part-time workers: 'Broadly similar work' test in part-time workers legislation requires assessment of work as a whole

Date:

19 May 2006

In Matthews and others v Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority and others [2006] UKHL 8, the House of Lords held that in the assessment of whether full- and part-time workers are employed on broadly similar work, both the differences and the similarities between the two groups should be considered and an overall assessment made.