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> it's not possible in US ... if you decrease your hours by one hour you will count as half-time employee and lose all benefits

/thread for US employees

really surprised 80 other comments ITT and no one else mentioning this

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This isn't actually a law though, in the US. Its just the most prevalent corporate/insurance/hr policy. I have worked several places where "full time" employment counted as 30 hours or more, with access to benefits, etc.

Is it always true? When I worked for a grocery chain, I was part time but because I averaged over a certain threshold of hours per week that was less then 40, I received full time benefits. This might have been a union requirement rather then a legal one but it worked out the same for me regardless of whose requirement it was.

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