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- FAQs
Following the Supreme Court decision in Augustine v Data Cars Ltd, this FAQ has been updated to remove a reference to McMenemy v Capita Business Services Ltd. The Court confirmed that McMenemy took the wrong approach to causation and less favourable treatment of part-time workers. The guidance remains the same: employers can avoid less favourable treatment by providing part-time workers with a pro rata entitlement to bank holidays.
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- Date:
- 13 August 2026
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- News
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, and not the sole cause. The landmark ruling could have far-reaching implications for the application of legal protections for part-time workers, according to lawyers.
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- Employment law guide
In its decision in Augustine v Data Cars Ltd, the Supreme Court confirmed that a worker's part-time status does not need to be the sole reason for less favourable treatment for it to be unlawful; it is sufficient that the status was an effective cause for the treatment. The decision is likely to make it easier for part-time workers to show that their status influenced an employer's actions, reinforcing the need for employers to follow and document robust decision-making processes.
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- Employment law guide
This guide sets out the differences between the law on flexible working in Scotland compared with the rest of Great Britain (England and Wales).
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- How to
Updated to reflect that the statutory right to request flexible working is a day-one right from 6 April 2024.
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- Training
Updated to reflect that, for holiday years beginning on or after 1 April 2024, an accrual method applies when calculating holiday entitlement for irregular hours workers and part-year workers.
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- Employment law cases
In Long v British Gas Trading Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the selection for redundancy of a part-time employee who was the mother of young children was sex discrimination, less favourable treatment because of part-time working and an unfair dismissal.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect proposed reforms to flexible working in Northern Ireland in response to the "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill consultation.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Broadist v HM Prison Service, an employment tribunal found that the employer's refusal to allow a semi-retired dog handler to remain working on a part-time basis with an alternative dog, after his dog had died, amounted to indirect age discrimination.
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- Type:
- Contract clauses
A model contract clause setting out terms relating to pay for a part-time worker.