9. Part time employment

9.1.  Part time employment may be continuing, continuing (contingent funded) or fixed term.

9.2.  A staff member employed part time is entitled to the same employment conditions, calculated on a pro rata basis, as an equivalent full time employee.

9.3.  A part time professional staff member will either:

1. work a regular pattern of hours which totals less than the full time hours in a pay period; or
2. have a regular pattern of employment which, over a specified period is equivalent to an agreed number of part time hours in a pay period, for which the staff member will be paid accordingly.