What are the maximum number of hours a part-time employee can work in Illinois for the calendar year?
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What are the maximum number of hours a part-time employee can work in Illinois for the calendar year?
I was told by my employer that the maximum hours of work I could have per
calendar year, based on federal and state labor laws, is 950 hours per
calendar year, and this was when I had exceeded the 950 hours. Is this true?
So far, I haven’t found anything that says I have a maximum hours per
calendar year as a part-time employee. I had also been working at this
company for over six years as a part-time employee and I was just informed
of this this year.
Asked on November 3, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
No, there is no limit in the law on how many hours you can work. However, if your employer has at least 50 full time equivalent (FTE) employees, then they could be penalized under the ACA if they don't offer health insurance to their staff. Full time is generally considered 35 hours per week, so that's around 1,750 hours per year--they should be able to offer you signficiantly more hours without running afoul of the health insurance obligations, even if they have at least 50 employees.
However, all that said, at the end of the day, your employer decides how many hours you work and can limit those hours arbitrarily, for any reason or even no reason at all. Therefore, if they want to limit you to 950 hours they can, even if the are doing so based on some misunderstanding.
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