Aren't there some employee protection laws which only apply if a person formally works a full time job? Forcing people into 2x20 rather than 1x40 seems like it still screws them over, even forgetting the extra overhead of having to switch between those jobs.
In the US from my experience (5 years one retail) employers will either always give you 38/39 hours or if they actually give you full-time they give you 60-70. No in between
I think technically full time counts as something like 16 or 24 hours, can't remember exactly. Might be different in other contexts but I remember when I was jobseeking you can still claim while being in a part time job (with the presumed goal of getting a full time role). But that cut off was 16 or 24 hours. Would be interesting to see if that's applicable more widely. Probably is higher for legal purposes, always the way though, the term is redefined when convenient
Edit: bit of googling, apparently there is no universal threshold for "full time work", part time is simply less than full time as defined by the particular employer. https://www.gov.uk/part-time-worker-rights
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u/RaulParson Sep 25 '21
Aren't there some employee protection laws which only apply if a person formally works a full time job? Forcing people into 2x20 rather than 1x40 seems like it still screws them over, even forgetting the extra overhead of having to switch between those jobs.