Pay as It Applies to Part-Time Employees
Pay for Additional Hours Worked and Benefits

Paying Hours Worked Over the Standard Schedule Versus Accruing State Compensatory Time

If the hours or days of work in the calendar week (a workweek) exceed the number of hours a part-time employee is designated to work, the employee may need to be compensated for the additional hours worked.

If the employee is not subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the employee may be allowed to accrue compensatory time for the number of hours that exceed the number of hours the employee is designated to work during the workweek.

Otherwise, the employee subject to the FLSA must be paid for any hours actually worked over the hours they are designated to work. These hours are not calculated as overtime unless the employee works over 40 hours in the workweek. The hours worked over their scheduled hours – up to a total of 40 – are paid at the employee’s calculated hourly rate.

Benefits

Benefits related to health insurance may be different for part-time employees. For additional information on employee benefits, see the rate tool on the ERS website’s Rates for Active Employees page.

See policy statements concerning holidays, longevity, benefit replacement pay for state agencies, benefit replacement pay for institutions of higher education and hazardous duty for more information on part-time employees.

Sources

Texas Government Code, Sections 658.001(2), 658.009, 659.019(a)-(c); Texas Education Code, Section 61.003.