Under Obama Care, everything 30 hours and above is considered full time. Many employers have lowered or eliminated their employees based on this new law.
32 hours
A 32+ hour schedule per week is considered full time employment in the state of Colorado.
Yes
32 hours at most retail companies is considered full time but benefits do not kick in until your at 40.... At least with most companies
A 32-hour workweek typically represents 0.8 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE), as a standard full-time workweek is usually considered to be 40 hours. To calculate FTE, you divide the actual hours worked (32) by the standard full-time hours (40). Thus, 32 hours divided by 40 hours equals 0.8 FTE.
In the US, anything over 32 hours a week is considered full-time employment.
less than 32 hours
Generally, full time employees are those that work at least 40 hours per week. In Pennsylvania, in a medical setting, you can be considered full time at 32 or more hours per week (or at least are eligible to receive benefits).
The U.S. Dept of Labor does not define how many hours constitute full time or part time. According to their site, it is generally determined by the employer. But locally, I've worked a couple of places that said the 32 hours or more is considered full time. I could not verify that on the Dept. of Labor site.
(in the US) Under FLSA - 32 hours or less a week is considered part-time employment. More than 32 hours a week is considered full-time employment. ----------------- The employer can requires as few or as many hours as it wishes, as long as it pays for all hours worked.
You must work at least 32 hours per week to be considered full time. Generally, however, as a long time employee, I can state with confidence that many Brookshire Grocery Company employees routinely work more than 40 hours per week for years and are still considered by the company to be "part time". This is so that the company does not have to provide full time benefits (such as insurance) to a large percentage of it's hard working employees.
No. You can decide how many hours they work. If the work at least 32 hours a week they are considered full time employees and get all of the benefits. Less than 32 hours you don't have to give any benefits. Employees decide when employees get benefits. No statute sets a threshold.