Common use of Job Sharing and Job Exchange Clause in Contracts

Job Sharing and Job Exchange. ‌ L17.1 Two (2) employees may choose to share a single assignment for a school year provided the following requirements are met: (a) Job sharing may take the form of sharing on a time basis approved by the employees, the immediate supervisor, and the Director of Education or designate. (b) At least one (1) of the employees proposing a shared year must be assured a full-time position which will be available to share in the applicable year. This does not require the Board to create a position or to modify any position. (c) Written application shall be made to the Director of Education or designate on/or before April 30th in the year prior to entering the plan the following school year. Permission to share a position may only be granted by the Director of Education or designate. (d) At the time of approving the plan, agreement in writing shall be reached on the end of the Job Sharing. The date may be extended by mutual agreement between the employees and the Director of Education or designate. (e) Written acceptance or refusal of the application by the Board shall be forwarded to the employees by May 30th in the same year in which the application was made. (f) The following conditions shall pertain during and following the year of sharing the position as indicated. i. The salary paid to each employee shall be a prorated portion of the salary the employee would have earned as a full-time employee for the applicable year. The pro-ration shall be in accordance with the division of duties of the full-time position and shall be agreed upon by the employees concerned and the Director of Education or designate before permission is granted. ii. An employee in a job sharing plan shall have benefits and sick leave credits pro-rated in relation to what the employee would receive as a full-time employee. iii. Where there is any difference in the level of benefits for a part-time employee and the benefits the employee would have been eligible for if the job sharing had not occurred, subject to any conditions of the carriers, the employee may maintain benefits at the level that would have existed had the job sharing not occurred. The employee shall be responsible for any premium cost to do so. The Board percentage of contribution to benefits shall be as required for an employee working that percentage of full-time. (g) If positions with the same percentage of full-time as the two (2) employees held upon entering the job sharing are not available, at the end of the job sharing, the provisions of Article L16.00 shall apply. L17.2 Request for job exchange will be considered on an annual basis after the conclusion of the displacement process outlined in Article L16.00. Application requesting approval for job exchanges should be submitted to the Board no later than five (5) days after the conclusion of the displacement process or by May 30th if there is no displacement process for the exchange to be effective the start of the following year.

Job Sharing and Job Exchange. ‌ L17.1 Two (2) employees may choose to share a single assignment for a school year provided the following requirements are met: (a) Job sharing may take the form of sharing on a time basis approved by the employees, the immediate supervisor, and the Director of Education or designate. (b) At least one (1) of the employees proposing a shared year must be assured a full-time position which will be available to share in the applicable year. This does not require the Board to create a position or to modify any position. (c) Written application shall be made to the Director of Education or designate on/or before April 30th in the year prior to entering the plan the following school year. Permission to share a position may only be granted by the Director of Education or designate. (d) At the time of approving the plan, agreement in writing shall be reached on the end of the Job Sharing. The date may be extended by mutual agreement between the employees and the Director of Education or designate. (e) Written acceptance or refusal of the application by the Board shall be forwarded to the employees by May 30th in the same year in which the application was made. (f) The following conditions shall pertain during and following the year of sharing the position as indicated. i. The salary paid to each employee shall be a prorated portion of the salary the employee would have earned as a full-time employee for the applicable year. The pro-ration shall be in accordance with the division of duties of the full-time position and shall be agreed upon by the employees concerned and the Director of Education or designate before permission is granted. ii. An employee in a job sharing plan shall have benefits and sick leave credits pro-rated in relation to what the employee would receive as a full-time employee. iii. Where there is any difference in the level of benefits for a part-time employee and the benefits the employee would have been eligible for if the job sharing had not occurred, subject to any conditions of the carriers, the employee may maintain benefits at the level that would have existed had the job sharing not occurred. The employee shall be responsible for any premium cost to do so. The Board percentage of contribution to benefits shall be as required for an employee working that percentage of full-time. (g) If positions with the same percentage of full-time as the two (2) employees held upon entering the job sharing are not available, at the end of the job sharing, the provisions of Article L16.00 shall apply. L17.2 Request for job exchange will be considered on an annual basis after the conclusion of the displacement process outlined in Article L16.00. Application requesting approval for job exchanges should be submitted to the Board no later than five (5) days after the conclusion of the displacement process or by May 30th if there is no displacement process for the exchange to be effective the start of the following year.