Last week I talked about アルバイト and this week I’m going to talk about パート in the similar context.
パート is the transliteration of “part” and it usually refers to “part-time employment.”
母（はは）はスーパーでパートをしている。
My mother works part-time at a supermarket.
It can sometimes refer to a part-time worker as well.
父（ちち）はパートを二人（ふたり）雇（やと）った。
My father employed 2 part-timers.
パート workers usually work shorter hours than full-time workers, but the working hours are so long in Japan, some people go to work six days a week even if they are パート!
By the way, if the word “part” as in a “component” is written in Katakana, it is written as パーツ even if you are talking about “one” part. In that meaning, you can also use the Kanji word 部品 (ぶひん).
