Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act, 2001
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Conditions of employment for part-time employees. |
9.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) and (4) and section 11 (2), a part-time employee shall not, in respect of his or her conditions of employment, be treated in a less favourable manner than a comparable full-time employee. | |
(2) Without prejudice to section 11 (2), if treating a part-time employee, in respect of a particular condition of employment, in a less favourable manner than a comparable full-time employee can be justified on objective grounds then that employee may, notwithstanding subsection (1), be so treated. | ||
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be construed as affecting the application of a relevant enactment, by virtue of section 8 , to a part-time employee. | ||
(4) Subsection (1) shall, in so far, but only in so far, as it relates to any pension scheme or arrangement, not apply to a part-time employee whose normal hours of work constitute less than 20 per cent of the normal hours of work of a comparable full-time employee. | ||
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, the reference in this section to a comparable full-time employee is a reference to such an employee either of the opposite sex to the part-time employee concerned or of the same sex as him or her. |