A comparable employee is a full-time employee to whom a part-time employee compares himself/herself where the following conditions are met:

 

  • where the comparable employee and the part-time employee are employed by the same or associated employer and one of the following conditions is met:

 

  • both employees perform the same work under the same or similar conditions or each is interchangeable with the other in relation to the work
  • the work performed by one of the employees concerned is of the same or a similar nature to that performed by the other
  • the work performed by the part-time employee is equal or greater in value to the work performed by the other employee concerned, having regard to such matters as skill, physical or mental requirements, responsibility and working conditions

OR

  • the full-time employee is employed in the same industry or sector of employment as the part-time employee and one of the conditions referred to above is met

OR

the full-time employee is specified in a collective agreement to be a comparable employee in relation to the part-time employee