Section 5(1)(b) of the 1978 Act (exclusion of part-time employees from right to written particulars of employment under sections 1 to 4) shall cease to have effect.
In section 146 of the 1978 Act, subsections (4) to (8) (exclusion of part-time employees from certain rights which do not depend on a qualifying period of employment) shall cease to have effect.
(1)In Schedule 13 to the 1978 Act, the following provisions, which relate to the number of hours which an employee needs to work in a week for that week to count in computing a period of employment, shall cease to have effect—
(a)paragraph 3;
(b)in paragraph 4, the words “which normally involves employment for sixteen hours or more weekly”; and
(c)paragraphs 5 to 8.
(2)In paragraph 1 of that Schedule, for the word “3” there shall be substituted the word “4”.
Section 281 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (exclusion of part-time employees from right to time off for trade union duties and activities) shall cease to have effect.