It is both interesting and frustrating that the federal government can't settle on one definition of full-time employment. On one hand, POTUS recently reinforced the 40 hour work week definition of full-time employment. On the other hand, the Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employs a 30 hour work week as the definition of full-time employment. (From it's own website, the BLS describes itself as "the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.") Similarly, the Affordable Care Act uses the 30 hour threshold.
If there isn't a common definition within the Federal government, how can cogent policy be drafted, let alone implemented? How can changes in matters such as minimum wage and overtime be seriously entertained?
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Recently read that Congress is looking at redefining full-time to the 40 hour work week. Regardless of political leaning, it is important that a consistent definition be used throughout the government.
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