The Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
SI 2000/1551is a
UK labour law
United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK can rely upon a minimum charter of employment rights, which are found in Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equit ...
measure which requires that employers give people on part-time contracts comparable treatment to people on full-time contracts who do the same jobs. It implements the
Part-time Work Directive Part-time Work Directive''97/81/ECis one of three EU Directives that regulate atypical work. Alongside the Fixed-term Work Directive and the Agency Work Directive, its aim is to ensure that people who have not contracted for permanent jobs are never ...
97/81/EC, and forms part of the
European Union's programme to combat discrimination of atypical workers. Because the large majority of part-time workers are female, it is also an important attempt to combat sex discrimination.
Texts of EU and UK legislation
Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997 concerning the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC - Annex: Framework agreement on part-time work**Implemented under Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP**Implemented under
Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002SI 2002/2034Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on temporary agency work** Implementation: by 5 December 2011.
See also
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Employment discrimination law in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom employment equality law is a body of law which legislates against prejudice-based actions in the workplace. As an integral part of UK labour law it is unlawful to discriminate against a person because they have one of the "protected ...
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Agency Workers Directive
The Temporary Agency Work Directive''2008/104/ECis an EU Directive agreed in November 2008 which seeks to guarantee those working through employment agencies equal pay and conditions with employees in the same business who do the same work. It is ...
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UK agency worker law
United Kingdom agency worker law refers to the law which regulates people's work through employment agencies in the United Kingdom. Though statistics are disputed, there are currently between half a million and one and a half million agency wor ...
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* Dorian McMenemy (born 1996), Dominican Republic swimmer
* Frank McMenemy (1910–1976), Scottish footballer
*Harry McMenemy (1912–1997), Scottish footballer
*Jimmy McMenemy (1880†...
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Notes
References
*A McColgan, ‘Missing The Point?’ (2000) 29 ILJ 260
*A McColgan, 'The Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002: Fiddling While Rome Burns?' [2003] 32 ILJ 194
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