While the exact definition may differ between regions, there is a general consensus that, in order to be considered a part-time worker, an employee must be working less than 30 hours a week.

Otherwise, if they’re consistently exceeding that threshold without receiving full-time benefits, it can be considered a Revenue and Employee Retirement Income Security Act violation.

That’s why it’s important for managers to be made aware when their part-time employees are working longer than they strictly should be – so they can take action to reduce the scope of the employee’s responsibilities, or consider bringing them on to the team on a full-time basis instead.

With this Recipe, you’ll be able to stay on top of your part-time employees’ hours. When a part-time employee works more than 30 hours a week, Rippling will send a notification to their manager automatically, alerting them to the situation.

Want to set your threshold at 40 hours instead? As with all of our workflow Recipes, you can customise this template to your exact needs, including when it should trigger, what the actions should be, who it should go to and more.