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Protection of part‐time workers in Irish law
Author(s) -
Wilkinson Brian
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1992.tb00563.x
Subject(s) - legislation , irish , law , labour law , political science , business , philosophy , linguistics
In Ireland, employment protection rights have been extended to regular part‐time workers. This article traces the legislation's history, examines arguments of employers and unions and, having discussed the contents of the new legislation, raises the question whether the legislation is compatible with requirements of EC anti‐discrimination law.