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Indirect discrimination and flexible working: requirement to work 75% of full-time hours
by PLC Employment
In Starmer v British Airways, the EAT upheld a tribunal's finding that BA's decision to require a female employee to work 75% of her full-time hours following her request to reduce her hours to 50% was indirectly discriminatory under section 1(2)(b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, since it was a provision, criterion or practice that had a disparate impact on women and was not justified.
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Law stated as at 03-Aug-2005
Resource Type Legal update: case report
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