Full-time return only

A jobsharer who was only permitted to return to work after maternity leave on a full-time basis was unlawfully discriminated against, rules a Glasgow industrial tribunal (Chair: S F R Patrick) in Watt v Ballantyne & Copeland.

Fiona Watt and her colleague, Ms Hillhouse, shared the job of telephonist/receptionist at Ballantyne & Copeland, with one working in the morning and the other in the afternoon.