Siobhán Lafferty is a Senior Associate in the employment law team in Byrne Wallace Shields LLP and has a range of experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She regularly advises both employer and employee clients on issues arising from the beginning to the end of the employment relationship, regularly representing clients before the Workplace Relations Commission and in High Court proceedings.
In the current working environment, there has been a growing demand for hybrid ways of working along with other kinds of atypical working. However, it is worth remembering that there have been different methods of working – for example in the form of part-time workers – for a long time. It is worth revisiting some of the issues which arise in respect of dealing with part-time employees and their contracts.
Who is a part-time employee? ⚓︎
Part-time workers are protected by the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act, 2001 (the “Act”) which came into force in 2001. The Act was brought in pursuant to an EU Directive on part-time work. The Act defines a part-time employee as “an employee
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