Flexible working

New and updated

• Date:

  27 July 2009

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Part-time workers: Less favourable treatment does not have to be solely on grounds of part-time status

  In Carl v University of Sheffield [2009] IRLR 616 EAT, the EAT held that a part-time worker complaining of less favourable treatment does not have to show that the treatment was solely on the ground of his or her part-time status. The EAT also held that the comparison must be with an actual, not a hypothetical, comparator.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Hours of work and overtime contract clause (part-time worker)

  A model contract clause for a part-time working setting out terms relating to hours of work and overtime.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Flexible working requests - permissible reasons for rejection

  A table listing the permissible grounds for rejection of a flexible working request.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Flexible working requests - required contents

  A table listing the required contents of a flexible working request.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Flexible working requests - contract variation

  The requirements in relation to a change in terms and conditions of employment for a flexible working request.

• Type:

  FAQs

  What are part-time workers' rights to paid holiday?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer withdraw from a flexible working agreement if the arrangements are no longer in its interests?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer insist that part-time employees arrange all their antenatal appointments for times when they are not working?

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Compensation - part-time workers

  A table summarising the compensation payable for claims of less favourable treatment on grounds of part-time working.

• Type:

  FAQs

  If a part-time employee temporarily increases their hours for a period prior to maternity leave, on what basis should their maternity pay be calculated?