Can you work 40 hours a week and be part-time?

[Steve]

She: My life will be a lot easier when I get back in January, because my boss promised to hire another part-time employee while I'm gone on winter break
so I'll be working like 20 hours a week instead of forty
Me: are you working 40 hours and classified as part-time?
She: Yep.
Good times, OWAIT
Me: how is that legal?
She: Well, it's what I was doing all summer because living expenses, and then I had trouble finding people to pick up my shifts when classes started.

So yeah, is it legal to work 40/week and be part-time? This is in IL.

 

[Tweak155]

If you are paid by the hour it could be called "part time" because you aren't on salary.

 

[nageov3t]

yes

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: Tweak155
If you are paid by the hour it could be called "part time" because you aren't on salary.

Good point, forgot about that.

 

[altonb1]

I think she can still be considered part time because she is not always scheduled full-time hours. It sounds like her 40 hour weeks are a temporary arrangement based on a shortage of personnel.

 

[KLin]

I doubt it. Look up the labor laws for Illinois.

 

[FoBoT]

sounds like the extra hours are temporary

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: KLin
I doubt it. Look up the labor laws for Illinois.

you'd be wrong. If she was working overtime then things are different.

Status isn't a labor law issue.

 

[Evadman]

In IL you are part time if you work < 2000 hours a year.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Part time if you aren't guaranteed the 40 hours a week.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Yup, I've been doing it for half a year.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Originally posted by: Tweak155
If you are paid by the hour it could be called "part time" because you aren't on salary.

WTF? Part time means you get stuck with whatever benefits plan they offer 'part timers' and that there's no guarantee of you getting the same number of hours. I've worked a dozen or two full time jobs and not been 'salaried'. The two have nothing to do with one another.