Hello

I'm currently in the process of redrafting our teachers contract, I have used the ISBA recommended template and this has now been passed to our SLT team for their thoughts. They have raised concerns about the clause below, stating that full time employees would never have their teaching periods reduced and it would only be part time staff that would experience this - to me that seems to be a breach of The Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000?

Just wondering if anyone had a similar clause in their contracts that allows the school to vary working hours due to pupil numbers and how it is worded (feedback has been that the way it is written below is 'scary') and whether you apply it equally to full and part time workers?

Thank you Freya

1.1.  We reserve the right to make adjustments to your hours and days of work and timing of such work to take account of minor fluctuations in pupil numbers and timetabling needs. Part time work is defined for the purpose of this agreement as teaching less than the standard allocation of Teaching periods per week. The School will allocate teaching periods to you and reserve the right to alter the number of teaching periods allocated. Your salary may increase or decrease from time to time according to the periods worked and you will be provided, where practicable, with half a term’s notice of any changes prior to their taking effect.