Part-time workers

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Practice notes

Part-time workers

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Practice notes
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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 who wish to change the terms of their employment

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Part-time worker definition
What does Part-time worker mean?

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

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