Buddy says: Yes, if he is in reality performing a full time job under two part time contracts.

Employer information: In the recent case of Hudson v University of Oxford 2007 the Court of Appeal held that a worker could proceed with his claim under the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 where he claimed he was in reality performing one full-time job under two part-time contracts.  In this case, one contract was for an academic post and the other was non-academic.  The claimant argued that there was no real distinction between the two roles, he was in reality performing one job that was academic in nature, and that the use of the two distinct contracts was merely a convenience to the University.  Since the pay for a non-academic post was lower than for an academic post, he argued that his terms were less favourable than those of a full-time academic worker.  The employment tribunal had originally struck out his claim as having no reasonable prospect of success, and the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld the tribunal's judgment. The case went to the Court of Appeal, where they held that there was an arguable case and that evidence needed to be heard before the matter is decided.