‘Part-time’ working again, and inequality
Two strong further prompts that rethinking how we use 'part-time' is an urgent and important task. I visited Emma Stewart, co-founder of WomenLikeUs, and she told me about their work in developing a better match between supply and demand in higher quality part-time jobs. Only a tiny proportion of job vacancies - around 3% - are available on a part-time basis and at a salary level over £20K. This contrasts with the 55% that are available full-time at this level. So for every 'good' part-time position, there are 18 full-time positions. This fits very poorly with the large numbers of people - mostly women - who are well qualified and capable…
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