How Many Hours Are Considered Part-Time Employment?

However, under the Obama administration, new part-time hours have been re-defined as 30 hours per week or more. This law is designed to deter small business owners from hiring more part-time workers, which actually costs the business more money, and to make sure that part-time workers get more work hours and more benefits from their employers. The ObamaCare administration also mandates that small businesses that employ 50 employees or more are to provide health care insurance for their workers.