Family Care

Staff may request a temporary move to part time status because of a change in family care responsibilities. (Fact)

Changing family care responsibilities sometimes result in staff needing to temporarily change from full-time work to part-time work. Article 24:11 in our collective agreement deals with this issue as it provides full time employees "who have continuous responsibilities for the care of their family" with an option to "request a change to part-time status for a defined period, in order to devote more time to their family care responsibilities."

Both the employee and his or her department or division head must agree to the terms of the change, such as the percentage of time worked and the length of the appointment. Requests should be made to the department or division head in the employee's department. If possible, staff should try to request the change in status with as much advance notice as possible, with a month's notice being the minimum notice. Salary and benefits are both pro-rated "according to the percentage time worked."