Job share contract

[MsJupiterJones]

Hi, just wondering if anyone can help?

I've recently returned to work in a job share arrangement with another colleague - we had both returned from mat leave at the same time so it made sense to do this. It's a management position and relatively senior in a small company.

I've not actually signed my contract yet as there were a couple of things I wondered about:

Firstly, the contract describes my job as 'Job share with xxx' (name of colleague). Does this mean that if one of us were to leave, the contract would be invalid and they would have the right to get rid of the arrangement and the remaining worker? Or are we (or they) protected anyway? Would there be any benefit in asking them to re-word this?

Secondly, it lists my salary as what I actually get, rather than pro rata, eg £10K rather than £20K pro rata. Is there a benefit for me in the full salary being listed, for example when applying for other jobs in the future? Or doesn't it really matter?

It may be that these wordings are arbitrary but I just wondered if either of these things has implications we should be aware of.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Can I suggest this might be better in employment where there are lots of lovely HR professional who will be able to help you. Contact HQ and they will be able to move the thread for you.

As I understood it when I was in a jobshare position, there was no automatic right to keep the jobshare or the days/hours worked if one of the jobshare parties left. Hopefully someone in employment will be able to give you the exact legal position though.

I work in a job share position and if my job share partner leaves I have to be offered her hours and vice versa. Since I started in this job I've had 3 different job share partners, when the other two left I was offered the hours but declined them and continued as I was and the job was advertised and I now have my new job share partner.

she has just recently come back from adoption leave. While she was off I had to be offered the chance to do her hours as extra hours while she was off before the hours could be offered to anyone else to cover. If she had decided that she wasn't coming back to work I would have been offered her hours as above.

I'd check with the HR department of your company they will be able to advise you.

Thanks, no HR dept though.