Where was the shrinking, frightened, unbidden guest of a moment before, with downcast eyes and burning cheeks? I will not perjure myself at his bidding; but being with him, I will kneel to him unbidden. It came to him suddenly and unbidden, and it lay, a chilly weight, over all his consciousness. And still it stayed there all dayâthe unbidden ghost-guest of his soul.
Such employees might begin to think of themselves as full-time employees and expect full-time benefits. For that reason, some employers write the definitions in a manner similar to this: Full-time employees are those who are regularly assigned to work at least 40 hours each week.
Although the Affordable Care Act defines full time as 30 hours, this is not a consistent federal standard. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics defines a full time employee as anyone who works 35 or more hours per week, and a part time employee as anyone who works between 1 and 34 hours a week.