Hope you guys are all doing good.
was just having a discussion with one of the friends about the job creation criteria and we both had different interpretations... can the GURUS please help by clarifying some details...
My understanding of the guidance is as follows:
Under transitional arrangements, 2 part time jobs (as far as combined together they make 30 hours) can be combined to claim 1 full time job and does not have to last for 12 months as this rule was made after 6 April 2014.
Also in the same way if employee A (who is a part time worker) leaves the job and from the next day is replaced by another employee under the same designation but still part time can continue working and a job will not be broken. Again this is only under the transitional arrangements.
His understanding was ...... 2 part time jobs can be combined to claim 1 full time job but they both need to last for 12 months together even with transitional arrangements and minimum hours for 1 part time worker has to be 15 hours.... if a part time worker is doing any hours which are less then 15, cannot be combined with any other part time worker to claim a full time job... (No clue where in guidance this 15 hours minimum is mentioned)
For the second part, his understanding was that if a part time worker leaves a job and if he/she is replaced by another person, the job will break and could not be claimed with any other part time job to make 1 FT job even if this is with transitional arrangements in place..
Can the gurus please shed some light on this and clarify some information...
Your valuable opinions are highly appreciated.
