Full-time = permanent, not 40-hour

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/17/2006 07:26 AM, David Bowie wrote:
>Even when i was working 40
>hrs/week i was still classified as part-time, and was inelegible for
>benefits.
>
>This was 1988 to 1990, in Silver Spring MD.

I think ineligibility for benefits would not be the case for 40 hours
per week today, according to the labor laws.  I'm dismayed to hear it
was the case in 1990.

Joel

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