As an employer, you may employ staff on a full-time or part-time basis. A part-time worker is an employee who works fewer hours than a full-time worker. Nevertheless, your part-time staff have the same rights as your full-time staff. Hence, you should not treat them any less favourably just because they work part-time. This article will explain what you, as an employer, need to know about part-time working in England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While there is no legal definition of a part-time worker regarding the number of hours they work, a full-time worker is someone who works at least 35 hours per week<\/a>. Therefore, any member of your staff who works less than this is likely to be a part-time worker.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Part-time workers have the same rights as equivalent full-time workers or comparators. Therefore, you should treat your part-time workers the same way in terms of their:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You should note that there are some differences between how rights are applied to part-time workers, such as where these are treated on a pro-rata basis. This means part-time workers will get the same right in proportion to the time worked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n The law also protects your part-time workers from being treated differently or less favourably because they have:<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat Rights Do Part-Time Workers Have? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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