​KembaraXtra – Legal Terms – Part-Time Worker


A part-time worker is a worker whose normal working hours are less than those of a comparable full-time worker in the same employment.


The rights of part-time workers are protected under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000.


Part-time workers are entitled to treatment no less favourable than comparable full-time employees unless the employer can objectively justify the difference.


The protection applies only where there is a comparable full-time worker employed under a similar contract.


The law seeks to prevent discrimination against workers simply because they work reduced hours.