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Does a part time employee really deserve less rights than a full time employee? |
Does a part time employee really deserve less rights than a full time employee? maybe what you mean is less benefits. casuals, temporary employees and part time are really entitled to less benefits from their employers. that is the reason why some companies opt to have some temp/parttime/casuals because of of cost reasons or maybe some just needs them for short-term projects. but less benefits does not mean less pay, you are supposed to be paid fairly for services given. casuals/temp/parttime are common practices and is not against the law. It si but right to give more benefits to reg employees on the basis of tenure, skills, hiring process they went trhu plus they have more work and pressure. however, to further answer your question, they deserve the same rights as an employed person, if the rights you are referring to are office violations or unfair labor practices. No and to have less rights is illegal Everything (holidays,salary etc) should be pro-rated from the same full time position. it depends on what right is that.. if your aking about human rights and stuf for humanity then it should be equal.. but there are differnent rights... for example.. a full time employee might be given a much higher support or more rights like being able to open some company files for business... while a part time employee may have limited access to companies assets and other things.. but with performance, benefits, justice and the like, they should be equal.. :) There are two very different answers to your question...so here goes. First, basic rights protected by law can not be differentiated with between full and part time workers. For example, no one should be subjected to harassment in the work place. The rights are the same. However, the second part is more tricky. Part=time workers are, more times than not, excluded from many benefits that full time workers receive. For example, Federal Law makes it clear that 401(k) participation can be offered to only full-time employees. Likewise, certain other benefits like major medical, sick leave, and vacation can be offer to only full time employees. If your question is - "is that right?" - that is a judgement call which will vary with opinion of the responder. If you question is a legal one - then full time (more often than not) get more than part time and that is legally protected. That's the way part-time goes. No one deserves less "rights" than anyone else but I have the feeling you mean benefits and pay. This is a really tough question because it can be answered from so many vantage points. Allow me take on the role of your employer for a moment. My full-timers are the backbone of my company. Without them I could not do business or make the profits I do. Sure they cost me money in vacation pay, sick days, personal days, medical benefits and even a higher rate of pay. But, you get what you pay for and if I want my office to run properly I need a responsible, loyal and experienced staff. I also need part time help in some areas. Some who apply for those jobs have no experience or very little and it takes one of my full-timers away from their duties to train a P.T. newcomer. As for benefits for my part time help, the company afford to carry their medical benefits, give them sick time, personal time or many of the other perks my full-timers receive. Full timers have to meet deadlines and my part timers do not. They simply aid my main staff in duties they don't have time to perform such as answering the telephone, filing, sending faxes, making copies and the like. In today's marketplace no employer can afford to offer part timers the benefits of a full time job. Maybe if a part timer was with me for more than a year or took on responsibilites that would make them seem that they've gone above and beyond their duties much of the time, the company might make an exception. Also if a person is working part time in order to educate themselves full time, then integrate their knowledge into the business and stay beyond graduation, the company might be very happy to help them as much as we could for the greater good of all. We have a policy that will help pay for the courses a person takes if they are working toward their degree and those courses fit in with what we do here. It's another expense the company bears but it too, is well worth the investment. As I said at the beginning, the question can be addressed from many angles. This is simply one. Good luck! |
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