Extension of rights of part-time employees
4.—(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”.