Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452), article 25

25. (1) Part-time employees shall not be treated in a less favourable manner than comparable whole-time employees solely because they work part-time unless different treatment is justified on objective grounds. (2) The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, prescribe regulations establishing: (a) the conditions for qualification for pro rata entitlement to specific conditions of work, including the minimum number of hours which a part-time employee must work in order to qualify as well as the minimum period of service that may be required prior to qualification; (b) the provision of timely information on the availability of part-time and whole-time positions in the place of work as well as access to vocational training or career advancement opportunities; (c) any other matter which is deemed necessary in order to regulate the conditions of work of part-time employees as prescribed in sub-article (1). PART IV PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT Discrimination and gender equality. Amended by: V. 2009.2.