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Part-time Employee Policies

We have several employees who are interested in going part-time. We currently do not have a policy regarding part-time employees. Does anyone have a policy or guidelines relating to part-time

Lynnette Kokomoor
Chief Financial Officer
Bandy Carroll Hellige Adv

I am a part-time employee as the Billing Manager. The guidelines in our manual are pretty standard I think. No benefits if you work under 30 hours a week. 401k profit sharing after one year of employment. Permanent part time employees (those who 52 weeks per year but less than 5 days per week)are eligible for 1 week vacation after 1 year of service. I earn one-half sick day every two months. If a holiday falls on a scheduled work day, I am paid holiday pay.

Laura Pacino
Drone & Mueller

You can have salaried or hourly part-time employees, and check with your benefits administrator, as many plans allow employees to participate while working less than forty hours. In my experience, I have seen plans that allow participation by employees working as little as twenty hours or as many as thirty-two hours. Hope that helps.

Terry L. Jones, Jr.
Controller
Harvey and Daughters, Inc.

We basically give part-time employees the same benefits as full-time employees, but pro-rate the benefits to reflect the percentage of full time that they work. For example, someone who works 3 days per week would be entitled to receive 60% of vacation, sick time, paid holidays etc. that a full-time person gets. They still get to participate in bonuses and profit sharing, and their proportionately smaller salaries will yield smaller bonuses. We typically pay a pro-rated amount of their health insurance premium also.We find that part-time people really appreciate being treated as valued employees, rather than the second class citizens that most places seems to treat them as.

Catherine Colangelo
The Phillips Agency

They must work 30+ hours to maintain benefits, otherwise no benefits.

You might have to consider changing how you pay them, to hourly VS salary, which has administrative considerations.

Roxanne Cowan
Rutherford Bolen Group Integrated Marketing

We also have a few part-timers that work into 2. We pay them as an hourly employee with no benefits. We pay bonus and other incentives for them. We allow flex time for some positions. This day and time flexibility seems to work and ultimately achieves higher productivity and can cost less. I have found if the individual is right they tend to work harder and more efficient during the hours they are here so they can be home for kids later. I have also heard of some companies that have creatives that prefer to work at night and feel they a more creative. It can be a win-win. Bottom line is what is the value to the company. Ironically our two part-timers and our flexer are among the most valued in the company.

Sonny Goodall
Lighthouse, Inc.