Potential Part Time Discrimination

Browntoa

I worked for a large company in the past , our pass outs were called casual leave but was always local level and you could get refused or made to take leave. It was dependent on staffing levels and if it was felt you were abusing the system .

It was never contractual or a benefit

jobbingmusician

TheBlueReptile wrote: »

I have asked their opinion on the law regarding this and they have insisted that they have objrctive justification (the whole 'part timers can book doctors outside work), and the laws regarding pro-rata treatment of part time workers is only valid for holiday entitlement, which I know is wrong, but I'm unsure if it would apply to something like passouts.

I raised this with them at the time and they have reportedly spoken to ACAS who confirmed that it does not count as a benefit.

Pass-outs are not specifically for doctors appointments. We can use them at our discretion. Things such as your kid is doing a school play in the afternoon you'd like to catch. The doctors is simply the example they gave, and even then they've made it clear that they don't have to grant your request.

Honestly, this really riles my sense of fairness.

1. Part time workers are simply that. They are paid for the time they work. Employers have no right to make assumptions about what they do with the rest of their time - and that includes making assumptions that 'they will be free to......' ALL benefits should be pro rata. Legally.

2. (Individual workers at) ACAS are often wrong. I think they are wrong on this occasion.

3. If pass-outs are granted to FT workers for specific things like children's plays, why does the employer feel that PT workers 'will be free to......'? Their own arguments aren't even consistent or logical. (I do appreciate, OP, that this is the point you are making.)