Characteristics of the part-time work contract

There are different types of employment contracts that determine the conditions of the professional relationship between the company and the worker. The number of part-time contracts has increased in a crisis context. What are the characteristics of this type of contract ?

Characteristics of this contract

It is a contract through which the company contracts the professional services of an employee for a specific number of hours a week, month or year. The Contingent Employment work contract specifies the duration of the working day for a time less than 40 hours full-time. There are companies that hire extra staff for hours during the weekend.

It is a contract that can be indefinite or for a specific duration, for example, during the summer. One of the points in relation to this type of hiring is that employees hired part time can not perform overtime in the company.

Other details of this type of contract

In case the company wants to hire the employee specifying the condition of being able to perform additional hours in their working hours, all the details on this aspect must be specified in part-time contracts of indefinite duration and in writing.

There are part-time contracts that have a specific duration that are motivated by the following causes: contracts in practice, hiring to carry out a particular service, having an excess of workload in a specific period of the year. This type of work contract must not only specify the number of hours that the worker must perform, but also the manner in which his work is distributed and must include the days in which the worker will carry out his work.