Part-timers paid less for working full-time can claim sex discrimination

• Author:
• Berwin Leighton Paisner

The right to equal pay often crops up in the context of part-time workers, who are typically women. Where a part-time worker is paid less than a comparable full-time worker for working the same hours, this can be indirect sex discrimination.

This was the issue in the recent European Court of Justice decision in Voss v Land Berlin. In this case, the employer had a rule requiring that all employees (full or part-time) must work more than 5 hours’ overtime a month before they could claim ... (87 more words)

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