Purpose
Our company supports the employment of part-time employees to achieve its strategic goals through the efficient and effective deployment of staff. Consistent with its Mission, our company aspires to achieve proper and efficient operations and a work-and-life balance that equitably and fairly recognises the needs of the business and the employee.
Scope
This policy applies to all our company’s part-time employees, as defined under the Fair Work Act 2009, including contractors, apprentices, trainees, volunteers and labour-hire staff. Part-time employment provides a mechanism for the engagement of staff consistent with the funding requirements of the company and the proper and efficient operations of the company.
Policy Statement
This policy has been developed in support of the provisions for the employment of academic and Professional Staff members on a part-time basis.
The use of part-time employment will be managed in line with these provisions:
- Part-time work may be on an ongoing basis or for a specified period of time.
- An employee may apply for a part-time fraction consistent with the Parental Leave Policy.
- An employee may apply to amend their hours of work on a temporary or permanent basis to balance the work-and-life needs of the staff member consistent with the Work-Life Balance arrangements.
- There is no minimum or maximum time fraction a part-time employee may be engaged to work, although, the part-time fraction is subject to relevant approval.
- The fraction requested by an employee shall be in writing indicating the proposed fraction and the required period. The arrangement will be agreed in writing between the staff member and our company prior to the commencement of part-time employment.
- The fraction to be worked may be varied subject to a request made by the employee with reasonable notice and following consideration by our company. The varied arrangement will be agreed in writing between the employee and the organisation prior to the commencement of the varied part-time employment.
- Our company may seek to vary part-time employment arrangements with an employee to meet the proper and efficient operations of the company. The varied arrangement will be agreed in writing between the staff member and our company prior to the commencement of the varied part-time employment.
- Our company may need to vary the employment arrangements of an employee to meet a particular need affecting the staff member concerned. Such a need may arise as a result of a staff member returning to work parttime through a Return to Work Program approved under relevant Workers’ Compensation provisions.
- To meet the proper and efficient operations of our company, following consultation with the employee, the nominated supervisor will determine the number of hours to be worked on a daily basis and which days of the week will be worked by the staff member consistent with the principles of assigning workloads or working arrangements for staff.
- It is normal practice for a nominated supervisor to undertake a review of the actual hours and pattern of work to be undertaken, at least on an annual basis, and to advise the staff member of the required pattern of work and the specific days to be worked.
Approvals
Part-time employment, or any variation to an approved time fraction, must be submitted for approval by the appropriate delegated officer using a Request to Vary form. Information on delegated officers for part-time employment arrangement approvals is available in the Delegations of Authority Policy and Register.
Documentation
- Request to Vary form (RTV)