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Makiasan Posted 13 years ago
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a "full-time" worker
What is the word to describe someone who works for a company, factory etc. "all day", but under limited working conditions, such as no health insurance, no paid vacations etc?
Are there any such words in English?? Or can you just call them a full-time worker? A "part time" worker is someone who works for short hours, right?
(In my country, Japan, if you are an "irregular" worker, you are not entitled to paid vacations, health insurance, bonuses etc.)
Thank you.
Are there any such words in English?? Or can you just call them a full-time worker? A "part time" worker is someone who works for short hours, right?
(In my country, Japan, if you are an "irregular" worker, you are not entitled to paid vacations, health insurance, bonuses etc.)
Thank you.
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In the United States, if an employee is working 40 hours or more per week, the employer must give him/her the benefits required for full-time workers, for example health insurance, etc. I am not sure what the laws are in the UK and elsewhere, but it is possible there isn't a word for this situation in English because the laws are different in English-speaking countries.
- In the United States, if an employee is working 40 hours or more per week, the employer must give him/her the benefits required for full-time workers, for example health insurance, etc.
- I am not sure what the laws are in the UK and elsewhere, but it is possible there isn't a word for this situation in English because the laws are different in English-speaking countries.
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In the United States, if an employee is working 40 hours or more per week, the employer must give him/her the benefits required for full-time workers, for example health insurance, etc. I am not sure what the laws are in the UK and elsewhere, but it is possible there isn't a word for this situation in English because the laws are different in English-speaking countries.
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In Japan, a full-time worker works 20 (22?) hours or more per week. Less than that is a part-time worker ('arbeit'). The number of hours per day is irrelevant.
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If somebody is an hourly worker with no health insurance or bonuses and works for a place for more than 40 hours per week, can you call them a full time worker?
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Yes, they just have a poor benefit package. Basically, 40 hours a week (35 in Germany) is full-time work.
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Yes, and that package would actually be illegal in the United States.
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It is utterly untrue that if you work 40 hours or more you MUST get benefits.
I am a contractor. I work 40 hours a week.
I have no paid sick time, no paid vacation, and if I want health insurance, I pay 100% of the premiums, with no contribution by my employer, the staffing agency that sends me to my work site. In fact, my staffing agency is better than many in that I get six pa
I am a contractor. I work 40 hours a week.
I have no paid sick time, no paid vacation, and if I want health insurance, I pay 100% of the premiums, with no contribution by my employer, the staffing agency that sends me to my work site. In fact, my staffing agency is better than many in that I get six pa
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Hi Barb,
You said I am a contractor. Where I live, that suggests you are not an employee, and thus do not have an employer.
Is that how you see it?
Clive
You said I am a contractor. Where I live, that suggests you are not an employee, and thus do not have an employer.
Is that how you see it?
Clive
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