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Part-time hours condensed due to bank holiday

Anna

Hello!

I have an employee who works 30hrs per week (Mon - Fri).  

Due to the bank holiday, we closed the business on Monday and she was expected to work her 30hrs in the remaining 4 days of the week.

All other employees are full-time and can't squash their 40hrs into 4 days and therefore haven't.

Is this lawful in ROI?

Thanks!

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  • I understand that ROI has very similar legislation to the UK in terms of it being unlawful to treat part time workers less favourably than full time ones

    Protection of Employees (Part Time Work) Act 2001

    The part timer had to work longer than their normal working day to squash the hours in and full timers were not asked to (given that this would have involved them working 10 hour days and there is 24 hours in a day, the argument that they couldn't work their 40 hours over four days does not stand up). Put another way, that week, full time employees were allowed to work less than their normal hours, but still be paid their full salary, whilst a part time worker was not allowed to. Therefore, the part time worker was clearly treated less favourably than full time employees and that is unlawful under ROI law
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  • I understand that ROI has very similar legislation to the UK in terms of it being unlawful to treat part time workers less favourably than full time ones

    Protection of Employees (Part Time Work) Act 2001

    The part timer had to work longer than their normal working day to squash the hours in and full timers were not asked to (given that this would have involved them working 10 hour days and there is 24 hours in a day, the argument that they couldn't work their 40 hours over four days does not stand up). Put another way, that week, full time employees were allowed to work less than their normal hours, but still be paid their full salary, whilst a part time worker was not allowed to. Therefore, the part time worker was clearly treated less favourably than full time employees and that is unlawful under ROI law
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