Example of what, because I think that's probably the idea: protect the full time employees' hours to ensure the company doesn't try to make everyone go below fu

Example of what, because I think that's probably the idea: protect the full time employees' hours to ensure the company doesn't try to make everyone go below full time and lose benefits (see: Walmart). If you're already part time, you would have to accept your hours get cut first in that situation, by design. There's really no other way to do that.