Organisational Change

5.8.10 Job sharing

Yet another arrangement that has been growing in popularity is job sharing. Job sharing involves allowing two people to share one job, each working part-time so that their combined schedule equates to one full-time job. Unlike flex-time and compressed work weeks, job sharing is an employee-initiated arrangement. Typically, one employee is the official “holder” of the job and has first rights to the job on a full-time basis. In allowing such arrangements, management needs to be careful in evaluating the employees looking for such an arrangement and the job itself. Questions that need to be considered are whether the job can be carried out successfully in such a manner and whether the employees have the communication and organisational ...