Matthews and others v Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority and others

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  Matthews and others v Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority and others [2004] IRLR 697 CA (1 other report)

  • Part- and full-time firefighters on the same contracts, but not the same work

    Date:

    1 October 2004

    In Matthews and others v Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority and others (2 July 2004), the Court of Appeal holds that retained firefighters are employed on the same type of contract as full-time firefighters, as required by reg. 2(4) of the Part-time Workers Regulations, but the retained firefighters claim is unsuccessful as the work they do is found not to be "the same or broadly similar" to their full-time comparators.