The important thing under the Agenda for Growth is that there will be a review.
However there will be part timers working above their hours due to vacancies within the office and than when these vacancies are filled will they still need to work above their conditioned hours ? If this is the case that it is unlikely that they will be an increase in contract as they are working the increase of hours due to the vacancy not being filled.
Equally if a part timer is working extra due to the numbers of people sick or long term sick in the sick in the unit or even due to covering someone on maternity leave. Again it is unlikely that someone will be given an increase in hours if the reason for their increase is due to coverage of sick leave as clearly those on sick leave will return at some stage.
In addition if an office agreed a revision at a certain Indoor EP and they are Not achieving this now due to the increase in indoor time being claimed often with the increase being the part timer. Again this is problematic.
However if a part timer is having to come in early and throw up their own walk every day and help out on the IPS than there is clear rationale for increasing a part timers contract. Equally if they are on reserve and every week they cover a full time duty than again they should be made up.
I know in London in the last 3 months we have achieved agreement to over 120 part timers to full time and some other part timers getting increases in contract hours.
Other areas have also been successful but the remember the Agenda for Growth is also about efficiency as well which is why it is not plain sailing and not every part timer will get an increase.
and I'm lucky to get any o/t and I've been f/t for nearly 30 years . You'd soon be complaining if you had a contract for 35 hours and offered No o/t
