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.
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.
"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.
August 26, 2013
Full Time, Part Time, Good Jobs, Bad
By NANCY FOLBREThe term “part-time jobs” is beginning to make Americans anxious. Many workers currently in such jobs would strongly prefer — and in many cases desperately need — more hours of employment to pay their bills. Policy makers worried about implementation of the Affordable Care Act point to features that could make part-time employment more attractive for both employers and workers.
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