Part Time/ Job Sharing. (a) The Parties recognise the value of enhancing employment opportunities for workers who may require part-time work arrangements due to their personal circumstances. Such circumstances may include advanced age, infirmity, family and caring responsibilities or the desire for gradual transition to retirement. In pursuit of this objective, such Employees may be engaged on a part-time basis, subject to prior consultation and agreement between the Employer and the Union on each occasion.
(b) The Parties recognise that predecessor enterprise agreements have generally not provided for part time employment. It is the intention of the Parties to provide for only a limited expansion of part time work opportunities under this Agreement to achieve the above objective.
(c) A part-time Employee is an Employee who works an average of less than 36 hours per week and has reasonably predictable hours of work.
(d) A part-time Employee will receive the same rates terms and conditions of employment as a full-time daily-hire or weekly hire Employee as the case may be, except all accruals and contributions to entitlement funds (including Incolink, superannuation etc.) will be made on a pro-rata basis based on the part time Employee’s ordinary hours. To be clear, part time employment pursuant to this clause is the only circumstance under this Agreement for which pro-rata payment of these entitlement funds applies.
(e) The Employee’s LeavePlus contribution will be in accordance with the applicable scheme rules.
(f) Before commencing part time employment, the Employer, the Employee and the Union will agree in writing to the following:
(i) that the Employee is engaged part time;
(ii) upon the ordinary hours to be worked by the Employee, the days and hours upon which the Employee will perform work and the commencing times for the work;
(iii) upon the Employee’s classification; and
(iv) upon the period of part time employment.
(g) The terms of an agreement to work part time may be varied, in writing, by agreement between the Employer, the Employee and the Union.
(h) The Employer will provide a copy of the agreement to the Employee and the Union and any subsequent variation will be in writing.
(i) A part-time Employee may work up to eight (8) ordinary hours each day, Monday to Friday, and not more than 36 ordinary hours each week averaged over a two-week period. Any additional hours may be worked by agreement only. Such agreement may include the application of penalty rates for any ad...
Part Time/ Job Sharing. If two (2) employees in the same job classification
Part Time/ Job Sharing a) A “Part-time employee” regularly works less than the standard ordinary hours in any week.
b) A part-time employee shall receive payment for salary and paid leave as prescribed by this Agreement on a pro rata basis in the same proportion as the number of hours usually worked each week bears to the standard ordinary hours prescribed for the classification of work performed.
c) By agreement the City and employee may vary the agreed hours of work. In the event that the City seeks to vary the agreed hours of work without the consent of the employee the appropriate notice in Clause 10 - Notice of Termination of this Agreement will be given. Provided, however, that the City and the employee may agree to a lesser period of notice.
