A part-time employee is someone who is contracted to and works fewer hours than a full-time worker, and whose pay and benefits are adjusted accordingly. There is no specific number of hours that makes someone full or part-time, but a full-time worker will typically work 37 hours in a week. Employees who are already part-time and who wish to reduce their hours further would also be included in this definition.
Appendix 1: Types of Flexible Working
When an employee works their total number of hours over fewer days. Examples of compressed hours include working time being reorganised to allow the weekly hours to be worked in 4 or 4 ½ days a week or over 9 days each fortnight. Under the Working Time Regulations, employees cannot work more than 48 hours a week on average, (normally averaged over 17 weeks). The maximum number of hours that can be worked in any one day is 10 and a minimum lunch break of half an hour must be taken, in accordance with the Working Time Regulations 1998. This does not affect an employee’s basic pay or annual leave entitlement.
This allows employees to work a reduced number of weeks in the year. Typically working to coincide with semester dates but receiving 12 equal instalments of monthly pay, and instead of adhering to a fixed weekly schedule, employees work a certain number of core hours over the course of a year, with the distribution of those hours varying throughout different periods. Under the Working Time Regulations, employees cannot work more than 48 hours a week on average, (normally averaged over 17 weeks). The maximum number of hours that can be worked in any one day is 10 and a minimum lunch break of half an hour must be taken, in accordance with the Working Time Regulations 1998. This does not affect an employee’s basic pay or annual leave entitlement.
Occasional home-working - This could involve, for example, carrying out specific tasks, which require a high level of concentration and/or minimum interruptions, from the employee’s home.
Designated home-working - In this instance employees are officially designated as ‘home-workers’ and provided by the University with adequate facilities in order to work from home.
Remote Working - sometimes used interchangeably with hybrid or home worker, a remote worker is someone who is working off campus at any given time, typically at home or from an appropriate location.
Refer to the Homeworking implementation guidelines for applicants and managers.
Regular scheduled blend of off and on-site working appropriate to the work being carried out, on either a weekly or monthly basis. - Referred to as ‘hybrid-working’, this involves carrying out regular work from home (or away from the workplace) that simply requires access to a computer, or any other type of work that could be done appropriately and effectively away from the workplace. Refer to the Hybrid-Working Manager’s Guidance.