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Part time worker discrimination?
I have been working for a fairly large company for 6 months. It has mostly been a great company to work for, good pay, ongoing training, good holiday allowance etc.
However, one of the benefits advertised in their job postings is that the office is closed between Christmas and New Year and employees will not have to work this period, but will be paid as normal (it's a salaried job), without needing to use holiday entitlement.
I work part time (weekends) in a small team which has only been part of the company for just over a year. The weekend employees recently received emails informing us our holiday had been miscalculated, and we have had out holidays reviewed and out entitlement significantly reduced. Full time employees are entitled to 5 weeks paid bookable holiday, plus bank holidays, and the full week between Christmas and New Year.
We weekend workers have had our holidays pro rated down, with the calculations based off of the 5 weeks bookable holiday and the bank holidays, but not the rest of the Christmas week, meaning we effectively get less holiday than full time employees.
I raised this with HR and they said that the Christmas week was an "office closure" and not "holiday" so we aren't entitled to this time off. Note, we have had to use 2 days of holiday entitlement for Christmas Day and Boxing Day, this has already been taken from our annual allowance as part of the pro rated down bank holiday entitlement.
The government website says that part time employees should be entitled to the same "benefits" as full time employees, unless there is an objective justification, which I don't think there is in this situation.
Is this discrimination against the weekend team for being part time employees?
However, one of the benefits advertised in their job postings is that the office is closed between Christmas and New Year and employees will not have to work this period, but will be paid as normal (it's a salaried job), without needing to use holiday entitlement.
I work part time (weekends) in a small team which has only been part of the company for just over a year. The weekend employees recently received emails informing us our holiday had been miscalculated, and we have had out holidays reviewed and out entitlement significantly reduced. Full time employees are entitled to 5 weeks paid bookable holiday, plus bank holidays, and the full week between Christmas and New Year.
We weekend workers have had our holidays pro rated down, with the calculations based off of the 5 weeks bookable holiday and the bank holidays, but not the rest of the Christmas week, meaning we effectively get less holiday than full time employees.
I raised this with HR and they said that the Christmas week was an "office closure" and not "holiday" so we aren't entitled to this time off. Note, we have had to use 2 days of holiday entitlement for Christmas Day and Boxing Day, this has already been taken from our annual allowance as part of the pro rated down bank holiday entitlement.
The government website says that part time employees should be entitled to the same "benefits" as full time employees, unless there is an objective justification, which I don't think there is in this situation.
Is this discrimination against the weekend team for being part time employees?
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