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FULL-TIME DOWNGRADE TO PART-TIME STATUS - Question - Scratching Head


Posted: Dec 08, 2011

Has anyone working for an MTSO been downgraded from full-time status to part-time status based on not enough hours worked to be considered full time, yet making well above the minimum amount of earnings required for full-time status?

Not enough hours worked for full time - sm

[ In Reply To ..]
Minimum line counts and minimum earnings are just an arbitrary number that an MTSO establishes.

For most full-time employee positions, that means (generally) 8 hours a day for 5 days a week and anything less that that would be considered part-time. There are some minor variations in this, for example working four 10-hour days for full-time, or some other variation that totals 40 hours a week.

So, if you are in an employee position, whether or not you are "full-time" will be dictated by the total number of hours you work. The minimum line requirements that an MTSO requires is just something that they add on top of the hour requirement to try to ensure that their MTs will be making at least minimum wage.

That's my understanding of it anyway.


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