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Q&A - What are full-time employees?

Jim Riley

1st May 2009

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In the UK, there are about 30 million employees working in businesses, of which around three-quarters are in full-time employment. Full-time is generally taken to mean an employee working 30 hours or more each week. However, it is not the hours that really matter; it is the fact that a full-time employee is fully committed to working for a business in return for the employment rights contained in the contract of employment.

The main plusses and minuses of employing full-timers are summarised below:

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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