Legal Question in Employment Law in Pennsylvania
How many hours a week can I work as a part time employee and how long as a temp before I must be hired by an employer? I am working in Pennsylvania.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Part time is defined by the employer's policies. Some full time workers actually work 35 or 37.5 hours per week. Ordinalrily, anything less than 40 hours per week is considered part time. There are no laws requiring an employer to hire you after working a certain time as a temp. Some employers never hire form the temp pool. Some use tmeps to cover changes in work flow and retain only a certain skeleton of permanent employees.
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