Dividing and Sharing Responsibilities. Written requests to job share must be submitted to the supervisor from the job team. The request should include a proposed strategy that indicates how the full- time job can be restructured into a job sharing arrangement. The request should also include the proposed work schedule for the job sharing team, including the days and hours proposed to work. The supervisor will review the request and determine if restructuring the job into a job share arrangement can be accommodated and if it will meet the needs of the organization. The supervisor will inform the employees within 30 working days of the decision, and if denied, will provide the basis for the denial. If the job sharing arrangement is approved, the job sharers with the supervisor shall prepare a Job Sharing Agreement. The decision on whether job sharers should be jointly responsible for the entire position or only for separate functions depends on the job and the abilities of the job sharing team. To determine the arrangement for a particular job, the supervisor shall examine the position description and decide which tasks will be shared. Most job sharing arrangement will probably fall somewhere between the job sharers being individually responsible for certain aspects of the job and jointly responsible for other. Although they share the duties of a full-time position, job sharers are considered to be individual part-time employees for all personnel and employment purposes.
