Part-time workers

The Part-Time Workers Directive (Clauses 18-20)

The legislation will give the Government regulation-making power to implement the EU Directive on Part-Time Work, deriving from the Framework Agreement reached by unions and employers at European level.

The powers enable the Government to ensure that part-time workers are not treated less favourably than persons in full-time employment, including on the issues of pay, which strictly fall outside the ambit of the Directive itself.

Issues such as definitions and provisions on enforcement are left to the Regulations and the Government proposes to issue codes of practice on combating discrimination against part-time workers and promoting part-time work.Part-time workers.

The Part-Time Workers Directive (Clauses 18-20)

The legislation will give the Government regulation-making power to implement the EU Directive on Part-Time Work, deriving from the Framework Agreement reached by unions and employers at European level.

The powers enable the Government to ensure that part-time workers are not treated less favourably than persons in full-time employment, including on the issues of pay, which strictly fall outside the ambit of the Directive itself.

Issues such as definitions and provisions on enforcement are left to the Regulations and the Government proposes to issue codes of practice on combating discrimination against part-time workers and promoting part-time work.