S.L. 452.79 Art. 4Less favourable treatment of part- time employees.

(1) It shall be the duty of the employer to ensure that a part-time employee is not treated less favourably than a comparable whole-time employee -

(a) with regards to the terms of the employee’s contract of employment; and

(b) by being subjected to any other detriment by an act, or deliberate failure to act, of the employer solely because of the employee’s part-time work: Provided that any different treatment may be justified on objective grounds.

(2) Part-time employees shall be paid the same hourly rate applicable to comparable whole-time employees: Provided that a part-time employee who in a particular week works hours not exceeding the normal weekly hours of a comparable whole-time employee, and is paid at the normal hourly rate for such hours, shall not be considered as being treated less favourably than a comparable whole-time employee solely because the comparable whole-time employee is paid at a higher rate for those hours worked in excess of normal weekly hours, so however that:

(a) if the part-time employee’s weekly hours of work exceed the normal weekly hours of a comparable whole-time employee, any such hours exceeding the normal weekly hours of a comparable whole-time employee, shall be paid at the same rate as that applicable to comparable whole-time employees;

(b) any hours worked on Sundays and public holidays, whether in respect of normal hours of work or for hours in excess of normal hours of work of comparable whole time employees, shall be paid at the same hourly rates applicable to comparable whole-time employees.