Part-Time Workers Lag in Benefit Coverage

Feature: Preserving the Starbucks Counter Culture

Part-Time Workers Lag in Benefit Coverage
A chart showing how many part-time employees have access to benefits.

here are nearly 25 million part-time workers in the United States, and they lag behind full-time employees in benefit coverage. But at Starbucks, where 64 percent of the staff is part-time, all employees working at least 20 hours per week have equal access to benefits.

Type of benefit	Percentage of U.S. part-timers with access	Percentage of U.S. full-timers with access
Retirement	27	68
Health care
Medical	20	84
Dental	13	56
Vision	8	35
Paid holidays	37	89
Paid sick leave	24	70
Life insurance	10	63
Disability insurance (short-term)	14	47
Bonus and stock options	28	52
Employer-assisted child care	8	16
Source: BLS National Compensation Survey, March 2004

Workforce Management, February 2005, p. 34 -- Subscribe Now!