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Nowadays, employees may ask to work more flexibly from typical working patterns. One type of flexible working is job sharing. A job share can benefit both your employee and your business. However, there are some considerations you should make when an employee asks for a job share and when you have employees in a job-sharing arrangement. Indeed, not following your employer obligations may result in a claim against you at an employment tribunal. This article will explain what you need to know about job sharing.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Job Sharing?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Job sharing is a form of <\/span>flexible working.<\/span><\/a> When your employees job share, it means they are sharing a role in your business. Essentially, they both carry out the same job but may do so at different times in your working week or take on different areas of the role. Notably, each person will have their own employment contract for the role.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is up to you and your staff concerning how you structure the job share. However, the table below identifies four main ways of job sharing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Same-Shift Working<\/strong><\/td>\nSame-shift working is the most common form of job sharing and is suitable where you do not require the job to cover the whole working week. Both employees will work the same shifts, but each will work in a different area of the job role.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Split Shifts During a Day<\/strong><\/td>\nSplit shifts mean that your job sharers both work on the same days but at different times during the day.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Split-Shift Weeks<\/strong><\/td>\nSplit-shift job sharing is where each employee works on a different day from the other but both cover the same hours.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Mixture<\/strong><\/td>\nA mixture of any of the previous three ways of job sharing.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Why Allow Job Sharing?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Having staff who share jobs can benefit both you and your staff who are job sharing. Typical benefits for your staff include the ability to:<\/span><\/p>\n