Working hours

Standard weekly working hours for full-time staff are as follows:

• Academic staff: 37.5 hours
• English language teaching staff: 35 hours
• General staff:
  > Farm staff: 38 hours
  > Staff who are responsible for the care of animals other than farm staff: 38 hours
  > All other general staff: 35 hours

Details of working hours for general and Centre for English Teaching (CET) staff are set out in Schedules 4 and 5 of the Enterprise Agreement (EA) respectively. These Schedules detail the span of ordinary working hours (i.e. the range of times within which standard ordinary hours can be worked), shift work and allowances, overtime, flexible working hours for general staff and oncall allowances.

Flexible working arrangements

The EA includes new provisions for staff with carer’s responsibilities to apply for flexible working arrangements, e.g. part-time work, job-sharing, different start/finish times. Arrangements for dealing with applications for flexible working arrangements in these situations are set out in clauses 122 and 123 of the EA. (Please note that the “flexible working arrangements” under these clauses are additional to, and do not affect the operation of, the “flexible working hours” arrangements that are available for general staff under Schedule 4 of the EA.)