Part timer employees deserves benefits too

When a word like "deserve" comes up, it's usually more general than specific - i.e. anyone working being entitled to more than they're getting. I can't speak to your situation in particular, because I don't know about your situation in particular. But in general, I think it all depends on the company and whether or not they can afford to offer every employee the same type of package. And, of course, one sets the precedent, then it's discrimination if it's not offered to everyone. Some employers simply cannot afford to do that. And it doesn't make a lot of sense that all employers should. After all, business owners are not guaranteed anything just by running a business. The odds are actually overwhelming. Over 80% of all businesses fail. If an employer vests in the packages and loses his or her job, many still receive benefits of some sort. When the employer loses the business, no such luck. I remember watching some documentary and then coming to argue it out on myLot, about a guy bussing tables in a restaurant and wanting to go on strike because his boss was not treating him equally. He was not receiving as much money as the boss and felt that he was being treated as, well, a mere employee. Maybe I approach this from a different standpoint. I don't have any benefits. I don't receive employer-provided insurance. I'm self-employed, operate my own business, and no matter how many hours I clock or how hard I work, there is a great chance I will fail. When I hire someone to complete some work for me, I literally cannot afford to treat them as my "equal." It's my business. It's my risk. It's my initiative. I really get that some people want to be treated as more than the help. But generally speaking--again, as I don't know your particular job--employees are hired to be the help. Most businesses cannot function as businesses if they treat everyone to top-notch pay and benefits and vacation time. One thing I've always wondered about guys like that busboy, though: If he has so much energy to rally for equality in the workplace, why isn't he using that drive to start his own business? I can't call it. I just know most businesses aren't set up to be profit-shares with employees.

That does not sound right! I don't know about your employment laws but part time staff have the same entitlements here as full timers.

I think part-time employees do deserve at least half of the benefits offered to full-time employees. That at least seems a bit more fair than nothing at all.

One of the ways that businesses make enough money to stay in business and keep employing people is to hire part-timers. It is THEIR business and THEIR choice, just as it is your choice to work there. Unfortunately, it may be the only choice you have in this suck-y economic climate. But those are the rules and you have to play by them. To mandate that they give you benefits would probably mean that you would be let go because they could not afford it. I'm sorry you don't get benefits. I've never worked at a job with benefits and I'm 57. I've bought my own insurance, saved money to take unpaid days off (none planned!!) and managed as best I could. I think most of us live that way now and probably will in the future because our economy won't return to prosperity for decades, I think. So, sorry you don't get benefits but at least you have a job. I haven't had a job for 3 years and would trade places with you in a minute if it's something that I could do, benefits or not!

There's a difference between per diem and part time employees. The reason I say that, is because maybe your employor is not familiar with the differences. Per diem are employees who work less than 30 hours a week and sometimes less than 5 days a week, and are unbenefitted. Part time employees should be able to receive some benefits, though not the same as is offered to full time employees. Check the employment laws and labor board in your State. I wouldn't want you to lose your job over this, but you should know your employee rights.

part time employees do deserve some beenfits too. I rememebr working at a job and the full time were treated better. I found that many of the part time employees were only motivated to stop working and constantly complaining bacause they were being treated differently.