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Regulation 2 Comparable employees

(1)

For the purposes of these Regulations, an employee is a comparable permanent employee in relation to a fixed-term employee if, at the time when the treatment that is alleged to be less favourable to the fixed-term employee takes place,

(a)

both employees are—

(i)

employed by the same employer, and

(ii)

engaged in the same or broadly similar work having regard, where relevant, to whether they have a similar level of qualification and skills; and

(b)

the permanent employee works or is based at the same establishment as the fixed-term employee or, where there is no comparable permanent employee working or based at that establishment who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph (a), works or is based at a different establishment and satisfies those requirements.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), an employee is not a comparable permanent employee if his employment has ceased.