Times Talk Topics:Part-Time USA

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United States Department of Labor

Work Hours

Part-time Employment

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not address part-time employment. Whether an employee is considered full-time or part-time does not change the application of the FLSA.

DOL Web Pages on This Topic

Selections from the elaws FLSA Advisor’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Answers the questions, "How many hours is full-time employment?" and "How many hours is part-time employment?"

Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act
Answers many questions about the FLSA and gives information about certain occupations that are exempt from the Act.

Coverage Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Fact Sheet
General information about who is covered by the FLSA.

USA Today

"Is part-time work the new normal?"

The economy improves but full-time jobs are hard to find.

DETROIT -- To make ends meet, newly minted attorney Scott Neal is working three part-time jobs.

He's practicing law in a Birmingham, Mich., firm, keeping tabs on the North Oakland Family YMCA as a building supervisor and trimming trees.

The economy may be in a recovery — the national unemployment rate fell from 7.6% to 7.4% in July, and the August jobs report comes this Friday — but for Neal and hundreds of thousands of other workers, a sustainable full-time job remains elusive.

New York Times

August 26, 2013

Full Time, Part Time, Good Jobs, Bad

 

Dr. Norman Caulfield

Norman Caulfield

Professor of History

Times Talk presentation: September 9, 2013