Reading Room Document

Permitting Part-Time Employees to Work Regularly Scheduled Weeks of 33 to 39 Hours

The statutes governing federal employment permit federal agencies to schedule part-time employees to work regularly scheduled weeks of 33 to 39 hours. The Federal Employees Part-Time Career Employment Act of 1978 does not limit agencies' preexisting authority to schedule part-time employees to work any number of hours per week less than 40. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/olc/file/2015-12-31-part-time-empls/download.

December 31, 2015