PartTimeWork
The Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 introduced new rights for part-time workers.
The regulations ensure that part-timers are not treated less favourably than comparable full-timers in their terms and conditions, unless it is objectively justified. This means part-timers are entitled, for example, to:
- The same hourly rate of pay
- The same access to company pension schemes
- The same entitlements to annual leave and maternity/parental leave on a pro rata basis
- The same entitlement to contractual sick pay
- No less favourable treatment in access to training
Two amendments to the Regulations came into force on 1 October 2002. These cover Comparators (Regulation 2) and Access to Occupational Pension Scheme (Regulation 8). See the DTI website for details of these amendments.