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Employee classified as part-time. EE manual states part-time works 30 hours or less per week. This employee has been working 35-40 hours per week for almost 3 months now. Is employer required by any l
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Part-time & Benefits
posted at 4/15/2009 1:01 PM EDT
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Employee classified as part-time. EE manual states part-time works 30 hours or less per week. This employee has been working 35-40 hours per week for almost 3 months now. Is employer required by any law in Colorado, or USA to offer this employee benefits and leaves now, or after any amount of time that this employee continues to work full-time hours as a part-time employee? |
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Part-time & Benefits
posted at 4/15/2009 2:03 PM EDT
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Colorado and federal law do not require that an employer provide benefits such as vacation, holiday pay, or health insurance.
However, you should ask HR to see the Summary Plan Description for the company's health insurance benefit. There will be a precise definition of what an employee is for purposes of eligibity for heatlh insurance. |
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Part-time & Benefits
posted at 4/16/2009 6:10 AM EDT
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also, if you have a 401k plan, you need to check if they have met the minimum hours on that for eligibility or realize they will hit that sooner than planned.
I know that a few years ago, we got into this situation and our broker/carrier said it was up to the employer to reclassify the employee to fulltime hours. But our situation was that the hours would be dropping below rather than going above. So check with your broker/carrier to see how the contract(s) are written. |
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posted at 4/16/2009 9:39 AM EDT
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I did a google search on this because I remember it coming up when I worked at a hospital, which often hired non-benefited part-timers and had them work full time hours.
Anyway, when I searched, I found an old posting from this board asking a similar question, which Nork provided further insight which I thought might be relevant here... http://www.workforce.com/assets/viewtopic.php?topic=18573&forum=54&4 |
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Part-time & Benefits
posted at 4/20/2009 8:20 AM EDT
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He's still classified as part-time, so until your organization deems him as a full-time employee, he isn't eligible. With that said, you could be running the risk f a lawsuit since he's been working full-time for several months now. |
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