Top court ‘opens the floodgates’ for part-time workers’ claimsThe Supreme Court “may have opened the floodgates to a large number of potential claims against employers” after ruling that part-time workers claiming discrimination do not need to prove their part-time status was the “sole reason” for less favourable treatment. The Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, and the Court of Appeal previously dismissed aspects of the claim, but on Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed his appeal. The top court was asked whether part-time workers’ regulations apply if a worker’s part-time status is the cause of their less favourable treatment, which the Lord Justices agreed. As a result, lawyers have said the court’s reasoning, led by Lady Simler, established a broader victory for part-time workers on the legal standard for future claims. She added, “Part-time workers will now only need to show that their part-time status was one of the operative reasons for the treatment they received, rather than being the sole or predominant reason.”