Is there a legal minimum of hours per week in order to qualify as full-time in California?

According to the California Department of Industrial Relations, working 40 hours per week qualifies employees as full-time workers. However, you won’t want to confuse the 40 hour work week with the Affordable Care Act regulations.

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Is there a legal minimum of hours per week in order to qualify as full-time in California?

Full Time in California

According to the California Department of Industrial Relations, working 40 hours per week qualifies employees as full-time workers.

However, you won’t want to confuse the 40 hour work week with the Affordable Care Act regulations, which identify full-time workers as those who work 30 hours per week.

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Full Time in Other States

For more information on your state laws, refer to the interactive state by state map of over 200 Labor Wage and Hour local offices provided by The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.

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