Part time discrimination?

theoretica

nicechap wrote: »

I make the sums slightly different (using 365 day year)

Full time £8.43 per hour year 1, £8.95 per hour year 2.

Part time £8.43 per hour year 1, £8.68 per hour year 2.

So difference is 25p an hour, £5 a week or £267 a year.

What are pay rises given for? Some of it is usually because of cost of living/inflation, but some of it is for having spent more time doing the job and hopefully being better or faster at it and needing less training.

After a year:

the full time person will have 37.5 x 46.4 = 1740 hours experience at doing the job
the part time person will have 20 x 46.4 = 928 hours experience at the job

So while both have 'a year' of experience, the part time person will be less experienced by hours worked.

nicechap

theoretica wrote: »

What are pay rises given for? Some of it is usually because of cost of living/inflation, but some of it is for having spent more time doing the job and hopefully being better or faster at it and needing less training.

After a year:

the full time person will have 37.5 x 46.4 = 1740 hours experience at doing the job
the part time person will have 20 x 46.4 = 928 hours experience at the job

So while both have 'a year' of experience, the part time person will be less experienced by hours worked.

I understand your logic but there's nothing in the OP to suggest that's what's going on.

I suspect JJG's post (No 11) is the most likely explanation.