Hi all, I'm a junior in the HR field. I need guidance from all of you. Currently, I am confused about the differences between temporary employees and part-timers. I am working in an F & B company. There are two categories of employees, which include Full-Time and Part-Time.
Our part-time employees do not enjoy benefits, and they only work in our company for less than 3 months (until they decide to leave our company). Their daily working hours are the same as our permanent employees. However, they can resign anytime with a 24-hour notice, as they like.
Question: Is this type of employee actually considered as part-time or temporary?
Thank you.
Regards,
-FC-
From Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
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Our part-time employees do not enjoy benefits, and they only work in our company for less than 3 months (until they decide to leave our company). Their daily working hours are the same as our permanent employees. However, they can resign anytime with a 24-hour notice, as they like.
Question: Is this type of employee actually considered as part-time or temporary?
Thank you.
Regards,
-FC-
From Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
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Understanding Part-Time and Temporary Jobs
Please refer to the following explanations:
• Part-Time Jobs
Part-time jobs can be handled for a part of the normal working hours. However, people working every day the regular hours for two to three months are not considered part-time. Anybody who comes and works daily for 2-4 hours is a part-time employee. Categories could include the store assistant, billing clerk, and part-time lecturer. Part-time jobs may be for any number of days in a year. Basically, these are the types of jobs that do not require being manned for a full 8 or 9 working hours of the day.
• Temporary Jobs
A temporary job is a job that is purely temporary in nature and concludes after the job is over. It may also be a trial job to test before taking an employee on a permanent basis. However, this will be for the full working hours. Temporary jobs can also be seasonal, like workers in a tea estate, sugar factory, or fruit pulp industry. Employees working for 2-3 months are not part-time but temporary.
Hope this is clear.
Kind regards,
Dayanand L Guddin
From Singapore, Singapore
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31Please refer to the following explanations:
• Part-Time Jobs
Part-time jobs can be handled for a part of the normal working hours. However, people working every day the regular hours for two to three months are not considered part-time. Anybody who comes and works daily for 2-4 hours is a part-time employee. Categories could include the store assistant, billing clerk, and part-time lecturer. Part-time jobs may be for any number of days in a year. Basically, these are the types of jobs that do not require being manned for a full 8 or 9 working hours of the day.
• Temporary Jobs
A temporary job is a job that is purely temporary in nature and concludes after the job is over. It may also be a trial job to test before taking an employee on a permanent basis. However, this will be for the full working hours. Temporary jobs can also be seasonal, like workers in a tea estate, sugar factory, or fruit pulp industry. Employees working for 2-3 months are not part-time but temporary.
Hope this is clear.
Kind regards,
Dayanand L Guddin
From Singapore, Singapore
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