What is Part-Time?
- Part-time means that an employee is regularly scheduled to work from 16 to 32 hours per week performing work for an agency
Effect on your benefits...
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA): Part-time employment has no effect on your ability to participate in FSA’s so long as your bi-weekly pay is enough to cover your bi-weekly allotment.
Long Term Care: Part-time employment has no effect on your ability to participate
in this program so long as your bi-weekly pay is enough to cover your bi-weekly
allotment.
Annual Leave: A part-time employee for whom there has been established in advance a regular tour of duty on 1 or more days during each workweek, and a part-time employee on a flexible work schedule for whom there has been established only a biweekly work requirement earns annual leave as follows:
- An employee with less than 3 years of service earns 1 hour for each 20 hours in a pay status
- An employee with 3 years but less than 15 years of service earns 1 hour for each 13 hours in a pay status
- An employee with 15 years or more of service earns 1 hour for each 10 hours in a pay status
Sick Leave: A part-time employee earns 1 hour of sick leave for each 20 hours in a pay status.
The rules and regulations governing Federal employees Retirement and Benefits can be very complex. It is, therefore, recommended that you contact your Center Retirement or Employee Benefits Officer who can answer any questions you may have concerning the impact of part-time employment on your benefits.
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