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High Court allows appeal against a determination of the Labour Court, and holds that privately paid teachers not entitled to a contract comparable with colleagues funded by the Department of Education.
Employment law - appeal against determination of Labour Court - private schools - teachers paid privately - difference in treatment from state-paid colleagues - Part Time Workers Directive (Directive 97/81/EC) - Protection of Employees (Part Time Work) Act 2001 - whether privately paid teachers entitled to contract comparable with state-paid teachers - whether part-time worker treated less favourably than full-time worker - appropriate comparator - whether directive correctly transposed into Irish law - whether claimants entitled to choose a full-time, department funded teacher as a comparator.
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