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Part-time worker definition

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What does Part-time worker mean?

A category of worker whose hours and days of work are less than a full time worker.

Part-time work is now very common in the work environment, particularly for employees returning from maternity leave or who have responsibilities as carers and who wish to work reduced hours. Part-time workers are protected from less favourable treatment by employers under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, SI 2000/1551 (as amended). These Regulations ensure fair treatment for part-time workers, particularly with regard to a fair pro rata principle of pay and benefits when compared to full time workers.

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Part-time workers

Part-time workers have the right not to be treated less favourably (see Less favourable treatment and the pro-rata principle below) than a comparable full-time worker (see Comparable full-time worker, below) in relation to certain employment-related matters under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (PTW Regs 2000), SI 2000/1551. They also have the right to request from their employer a written statement giving reasons for any less favourable treatment to which they have been subjected (see The right to a written statement giving reasons for less favourable treatment, below).Part-time workers are also protected against victimisation by their employer (consisting of subjecting the worker to a detriment or dismissing the worker) for having exercised or sought to exercise their rights under PTW Regs 2000 (see under Tribunal claims, below).In some circumstances, part-time workers may have the right to bring, under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), a claim for indirect discrimination, or an equality of terms claim, in relation to less favourable treatment they have experienced. Full-time employees...

Brexit—legislation tracker for employment [Archived]

Brexit—legislation tracker for employment [Archived] ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note enables you to keep track of Brexit-related legislation of relevance to employment practitioners which is coming up or has already come into force. For details of general employment-related legislation, see: Legislation tracker—employment. Links to news reports providing full information on the relevant legislation are included where appropriate. Brexit-related legislation of relevance to employment practitioners Commencement date (unless otherwise indicated) Legislative change By 31 December 2023 (other provisions subject to commencement orders) Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (previously known as the Brexit Freedoms Bill), the special status of retained EU law under UK law will be ended from the end of 2023. Retained EU law includes the Working Time Regulations 1998, the Equality Act 2010, TUPE 2006, the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 and Part-time Worker Regulations 2000. The Bill will enable the government to specify, amend, repeal and replace retained EU law more easily via secondary legislation. The...

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ET3 Response to claim for less less favourable treatment of part-time worker

ET3 Response to claim for less less favourable treatment of part-time worker [Insert in para 6.1 of response form ET3:] 1 [The Respondent denies that the Claimant was treated less favourably on grounds of part-time working as alleged or at all.] 2 It is [accepted OR not accepted OR denied OR that the Claimant has been employed by the Respondent as [insert job title, eg ‘an administrative assistant'] since [insert start date of employment]. 3 It is accepted OR not accepted OR denied] that the Claimant works part-time. [Insert any further details regarding the claimant’s hours and what full-time hours are at the respondent, as appropriate, eg if they are not quite as described in the ET1 claim form.]. 4 [Insert details of response to any contractual terms set out in the claim form, eg ‘The Respondent accepts that the Claimant’s contract of employment makes no provision at all for the payment of travel expenses.] 5 [Set out the details of the respondent’s position on whether the named...

Letter—agreement with intern (paid)

Letter—agreement with intern (paid) Dear [name of intern] Internship agreement This letter confirms your paid internship with [company name] (‘the Company’) and sets out our hopes and expectations. We are committed to providing you with a supportive environment that will allow you to gain valuable learning and experience. We hope that your internship will be enjoyable and rewarding. Internship Your [duration, eg one-week, or three-month] internship will commence on [date] and end on [date]. You will be based at [address]. Your normal hours of work are [35] hours per week, to be worked during the hours of [9.00] am to [5.00] pm on [Monday to Friday][ inclusive] with a daily [paid OR unpaid] lunch break of [one hour]. Learning objectives[ and a work plan] are set out[ in the Schedule] below. We expect you to perform and achieve these to the best of your ability. We also expect you to follow our workplace rules, procedures and standards and, where applicable, to comply with our policies, including health and safety,...

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Employment weekly highlights—17 April 2025

This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) an ET claim over a military reservists right not to be subjected to a detriment under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, (2) the closure of the Cabinet Office consultation on reforms to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, (3) commentary from Dr Michael Foran, University of Glasgow, and Joanne Moseley, Irwin Mitchell LLP on the Supreme Court decision that the words ‘sex’, ‘woman’ and ‘man’ under the Equality Act 2010 mean biological sex, biological woman and biological man, (4) an analysis of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance on anonymisation and pseudonymisation by Alex Jameson and Steph Ong of Bird & Bird, (5) the temporary closure of the Manchester ET office at Alexandra House, (6) the publication of the Practice Directions on the presentation of claims, responses and statutory appeals which take effect from 21 May 2025, (7) updated guidance from the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary on the use of artificial intelligence (AI), (8) the IRLR highlights for...

Navy reservist can sue over part-time pay rate complaints

Law360: A Royal Navy reservist can bring a claim that he was mistreated for seeking equal pay with full-time sailors in the service, as a tribunal ruled that the apparent statutory exclusion of reservists from that right 'cannot be read literally'.

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