The part-time employment ruling

The part-time employment ruling – key information

English – The part-time employment ruling explained

The Part-Time Judgment has been decided

The case about the Part-Time Judgment has now been decided.

FOA and other trade unions have won the case. This means that part-time employees have been treated unfairly.

According to EU rules, part-time employees have been paid too little when they worked extra hours up to 37 hours per week.


What does the judgment mean?

The judgment is very clear:

If you are not employed for 37 hours per week – and you work more hours than your contract – you must receive overtime pay for the extra hours.
This also applies even if you do not work more than 37 hours per week.


What happens now?

FOA has started a large amount of work. We must find out:

  • how a claim should be calculated
  • how far back in time compensation can be paid
  • how the case should be handled

We must first talk with the employers. Because of this, the work will take a long time.

There may be many thousands of employees affected.


What do you need to do?

Right now, you do not need to do anything.

👉 FOA will contact you when we are ready to start your case.

Until then, we ask you to:

  • be patient
  • not contact FOA about timelines or case status

We will inform you as soon as there is new information.


Finally

Congratulations to all part-time employees. This is an important victory.

Kind regards,
FOA

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Background: Extra hours for part-time employees (EU ruling)

This link is more technical, but it may be useful if you want to read the general rules.