Hopefully this question wasn't already answered (did a search and couldn't find anything). I wanted to address a question I'm commonly getting in regards to how the government defines "Full Time" in terms of PSLF.
On the government website, to qualify for PSLF, it says the following…
For PSLF, you are generally considered to work full-time if you meet your employer’s definition of full-time or work at least 30 hours per week, whichever is greater.
The last part (underlined) is what is throwing some people off. For instance, I just met with someone who is going to be working .8 FTE at their hospital. In terms of actual hours worked, he said this would equate to about 40 or more (definitely more than 30). Usually, 40 hours a week is sufficient for a full time in a general sense, but not sure about a legal sense in this case as his employer defines 1.0 FTE as full-time. They said someone working 1.0 FTE typically actually works 50-60 hours. It would appear that they wouldn’t qualify. Is that accurate?
I’ve also heard that the government really doesn’t have anyone actually checking this stuff and if the employer signs it, they just take that as face value. Not sure what to think. We just want to be able to know for sure and not have any surprises down the road.
On the government website, to qualify for PSLF, it says the following…
For PSLF, you are generally considered to work full-time if you meet your employer’s definition of full-time or work at least 30 hours per week, whichever is greater.
The last part (underlined) is what is throwing some people off. For instance, I just met with someone who is going to be working .8 FTE at their hospital. In terms of actual hours worked, he said this would equate to about 40 or more (definitely more than 30). Usually, 40 hours a week is sufficient for a full time in a general sense, but not sure about a legal sense in this case as his employer defines 1.0 FTE as full-time. They said someone working 1.0 FTE typically actually works 50-60 hours. It would appear that they wouldn’t qualify. Is that accurate?
I’ve also heard that the government really doesn’t have anyone actually checking this stuff and if the employer signs it, they just take that as face value. Not sure what to think. We just want to be able to know for sure and not have any surprises down the road.
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