Part time
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A part-time job is a form of employment
that carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job. Workers are considered to be part time if they commonly work fewer than 30 or 35 hours per week. According to the International Labour Organization
, the number of part-time workers has increased from one-fourth to a half in the past 20 years in most developed countries, excluding the United States. There are many reasons for working part time, including the desire to do so, having one's hours cut back by an employer and being unable to find a full-time job. The International Labour Organisation Convention 175 requires that part time workers are treated no less favourably than full time workers.
"Part-time" can also be used in reference to a student
(usually in higher education
) who takes only a few courses, rather than a full load of coursework each semester.
Part-time employees work less hours than their full-time counterparts within a specific industry, this can vary but is generally less than 16 hours per week.
Part-time employees within Australia are legally entitled to paid annual leave, sick leave, and having maternity leave etc. except it is covered on a 'pro-rata' (percentage) basis depending on the hours worked each week.
Furthermore, as a part-time employee is guaranteed a regular roster within a workplace, they are given an annular salary paid each week, fortnight or month. Employers within Australia are obliged to provide minimum notice requirements for termination, redundancy and change of rostered hours in relation to part-time workers http://www.fairwork.gov.au/Things-everyone-should-know/Pages/Types-of-employment.aspx?role=employees.
As of January 2010, the number of part-time workers within Australia is approximately 3.3 million out of the 10.9 million individuals within the Australian workforce http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6202.0.
, working part time is defined as working between 1 and 35 hours per week. In 2007, 18.3 million Americans worked part time,
Typically, part-time employees in the United States are not entitled to employee benefit
s, such as health insurance.
: 아르바이트) is a common term used in East Asia
to refer to a part-time job. The word is a rendering of the German
noun "Arbeit" (work).
Europe
Canada
United States
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
that carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job. Workers are considered to be part time if they commonly work fewer than 30 or 35 hours per week. According to the International Labour Organization
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
, the number of part-time workers has increased from one-fourth to a half in the past 20 years in most developed countries, excluding the United States. There are many reasons for working part time, including the desire to do so, having one's hours cut back by an employer and being unable to find a full-time job. The International Labour Organisation Convention 175 requires that part time workers are treated no less favourably than full time workers.
"Part-time" can also be used in reference to a student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
(usually in higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
) who takes only a few courses, rather than a full load of coursework each semester.
Australia
Part-time employment in Australia involves a comprehensive framework.Part-time employees work less hours than their full-time counterparts within a specific industry, this can vary but is generally less than 16 hours per week.
Part-time employees within Australia are legally entitled to paid annual leave, sick leave, and having maternity leave etc. except it is covered on a 'pro-rata' (percentage) basis depending on the hours worked each week.
Furthermore, as a part-time employee is guaranteed a regular roster within a workplace, they are given an annular salary paid each week, fortnight or month. Employers within Australia are obliged to provide minimum notice requirements for termination, redundancy and change of rostered hours in relation to part-time workers http://www.fairwork.gov.au/Things-everyone-should-know/Pages/Types-of-employment.aspx?role=employees.
As of January 2010, the number of part-time workers within Australia is approximately 3.3 million out of the 10.9 million individuals within the Australian workforce http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6202.0.
Canada
In Canada, part-time workers are those who usually work fewer than 30 hours per week at their main or only job. In 2007, just over 1 in every 10 employees aged 25 to 54 worked part time. A person who has a part-time placement is often contracted to a company or business in which they have a set of terms they agree with.United Kingdom
Part-time workers in the United Kingdom are protected by legislation that states they should be treated no less favorably than full time equivalent colleagues.United States
According to the Bureau of Labor StatisticsBureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is a governmental statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and...
, working part time is defined as working between 1 and 35 hours per week. In 2007, 18.3 million Americans worked part time,
Typically, part-time employees in the United States are not entitled to employee benefit
Employee benefit
Employee benefits and benefits in kind are various non-wage compensations provided to employees in addition to their normal wages or salaries...
s, such as health insurance.
Asia
or Arubaitu (KORKorean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
: 아르바이트) is a common term used in East Asia
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
to refer to a part-time job. The word is a rendering of the German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
noun "Arbeit" (work).
External links
Worldwide- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international economic organisation of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade...
has Full-Time/Part-Time Employment Statistics and Incidence Rates for select nations, based on national definitions.
Europe
- Eurostat has data on part-time employment by sex, age group, economic activity, occupation as well as information on the reason for taking up part-time work, and whether or not if it is voluntary for its member states.
- Síle O’Dorchai, Robert Plasman, François Rycx: The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries: How Large Is It for Men?, IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 2591, January 2007
Canada
- Labour force survey estimates (LFS), part-time employment by reason for part-time work, sex and age group, unadjusted for seasonality
- Labour force survey estimates (LFS), part-time employment by reason for part-time work, sex and age group
- Part-time employment rates
- Reason for working part-time
United States
- Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
- [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/empsit.cpseea7.txt Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status, seasonally adjusted]
- [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/aat8.txt Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity]
- [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/aat20.txt Persons at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full- or part-time status]