Part-time work

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• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up: Part-time employee rights

  This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering less favourable treatment of part-time employees.

• Date:

  10 December 2004

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Part-time workers: On demand contracts not discriminatory

  In Wippel v Peek & Cloppenburg GmbH & Co. KG, the European Court of Justice holds that a worker working pursuant to a contract under which hours of work are dependent on the amount of work available and are determined only on a case-by-case basis by agreement between the employer and worker, is within the scope of the Equal Treatment Directive.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Our resident experts at Pinsents bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

• Type:

  FAQs

  For the purposes of the Part-time Workers Regulations 2000, who is a comparable worker for a part-time fixed-term worker?

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  FAQs

  Are part-time workers entitled to bank holidays?

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  FAQs

  What happens if an employer treats part-time workers less favourably than comparable full-time workers?

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  FAQs

  Can the terms and conditions of employment differ between full- and part-time workers?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do part-time workers require an induction programme?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer treat part-time workers less favourably than it treats full-time workers?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer choose to employ a full-time person rather than two part-time people?