I work in a hospital and and they say that I’m not eligible for a raise because I am listed as on call rather than part time in their computer system. I get about 15 hours a week right now because of lack of business, but before that I averaged around 30 hours a week. So what is the difference between part-time and on-call? Is there a set number of hour per week for someone to be considered part-time?
any employee working less than the regular full time hours of 40 hrs or 37.5 hrs (depending on companies) are considered part time or on call.
part time employees generally have fixed hours during the week, e.g., wednesday to friday, or just evenings between 5 and 9 for retail stores, and the work schedule are generally fixed for months.
on call employees generally are told to work the day before or week before to show up to work certain hrs or days, and the work schedule changes weekly.
Part time is guaranteed to work between 1 and 31 hours per week. Full time is 32 to 40+ hours a week. When you are considered "on call", you are neither "full time" or "part time". Being "on call" means that your employer can call you at any time to work to come to work. Basically you don’t have a schedule, as opposed to the other two you have a schedule!
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Part time means you work a regular schedule for less than 40 hours per week.
On call means you come to work whenever they call you and ask you to. No schedule.
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any employee working less than the regular full time hours of 40 hrs or 37.5 hrs (depending on companies) are considered part time or on call.
part time employees generally have fixed hours during the week, e.g., wednesday to friday, or just evenings between 5 and 9 for retail stores, and the work schedule are generally fixed for months.
on call employees generally are told to work the day before or week before to show up to work certain hrs or days, and the work schedule changes weekly.
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