Human Resources — Family Services

• Being prepared for the employment needs and demographics of 21st Century
• Unhampered by past employment practices and constraints
• Recognizing possibilities  

An organized process that

• responds to the 21st Century workplace needs of a department
• benchmarks with like organizations
• assesses customer and employment needs using the workplace redesign model
• is understood by administrator and staff
• founded in shared responsibility, trust and expectation for success

• Retains full pay and benefits

• May cause understaffing

• Retains full pay and benefits
• May reduce commuting time and costs
• May enhance the use of facilities or equipment
• May increase total staff hours

• May not be as productive on longer day schedule
• May cause understaffing

• Receive health coverage if employed 50% time
• May increase breadth of skills and experience
• May provide coverage by two during peak hours or when two projects or activities demand simultaneous attention

• Increase health care cost if having two 50% staff persons
• Find a compatible partner
• Replace a partner who leaves
• Assign and/or divide the work
• Added effort to supervise
• Added communication with supervisor(s), co-workers, clients
• Reverse the  arrangement

• How to address: pay, benefits, division of responsibilities, hours of work, communication, evaluations re: job partners
• What happens when a job-share partner leaves or if the job-share arrangement is not successful

• May allow employer to reduce costs without losing a specific staff member

• Loses income and some benefits
• Needs to assign rest of the employee’s job duties
• May cause understaffing at times

• What work will be accomplished in the employee’s reduced hours
• How the rest of the employee’s work will be handled

• Maintains pay and benefits
• Saves commuting time
• Enhanced productivity: some tasks are better done away from the office, less interruption
• May enhance the use of facilities or equipment
• May facilitate compliance with environmental legislation
• May ease parking demands
• May provide extended coverage
• May assist employees with disabilities

• Need to address compatibility of staff member and position to working off site.
• Need to address communication demands between staff member, colleagues and customers
• Requires clear understanding as to job expectations, work hours and leave notification
• Need to address equipment needs and access/protect files
• Requires understanding that a private work space is needed

• How much time will be spent in the office, and when
• What equipment is necessary and who provides it
• How arrangement will be supervised and evaluated