HR Morning » part-time http://www.hrmorning.com Your daily dose of HR Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:34:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 What HR managers told us: Benefits for part-timers http://www.hrmorning.com/what-hr-managers-told-us-benefits-for-part-timers/ http://www.hrmorning.com/what-hr-managers-told-us-benefits-for-part-timers/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:45:10 +0000 Jim Giuliano http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=307 We asked 314 HR managers: “Do part-time employees in your organization gets some sort of benefits package?” Here what they said:

Yes: 46%

No: 38%

Don’t have part-timers: 16%

Offering part-timers some type of benefits package has become popular as some companies try to attract nontraditional workers, such as retirees or some working parents who don’t want fulltime jobs but do want some perks.

Part-timers’ share of the workforce has been growing and is likely to continue growing. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers putting in fewer than 35 hours per week accounted for 23.9 % of the workforce in 2007, up from 18.3 percent in 1996. A lot of companies that rely on part-timers, such as Starbucks and UPS, use their benefits packages to attract higher quality workers away from the competition.

]]> http://www.hrmorning.com/what-hr-managers-told-us-benefits-for-part-timers/feed/ 1 What HR managers told us: Do you give benefits to part-timers? http://www.hrmorning.com/what-hr-managers-told-us-do-you-give-benefits-to-part-timers/ http://www.hrmorning.com/what-hr-managers-told-us-do-you-give-benefits-to-part-timers/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:00:05 +0000 Jim Giuliano http://www.hrmorning.com/what-hr-managers-told-us-do-you-give-benefits-to-part-timers/ We asked 314 HR managers if their company’s part-time employees got some sort of benefits package. Here’s what they said.

Yes: 46%

No: 38%

No part-timers: 16%

Companies that do offer benefits to part-time workers appear to be the types of employers who set up nontraditional work situations – job-sharing, attracting and hiring retirees, and so on.

The reason they do so: Competition is stiff for such workers. A lot of companies have gone the so-called “nontraditional” route for their workforce because of shortages in skilled or specialized labor.

Should you?

Should you offer bennies to part-timers. The age-old answer is: It depends.

If you’re having trouble filling a particular type of job, chances are, other employers in your area are, too. And chances are, those other employers are hunting for part-timers to meet needs.

Offering benefits, even those at some lower level than given to full-timers, gives you an edge in recruiting nontraditionals.

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