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Part-time working: is there a penalty?

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Source: IRS Employment Review

Issue: 852

Date: 04/08/2006

Publisher: IRS

Part-time working: is there a penalty?

TOPICS:

recruitment	retaining staff
pay and benefits	pay levels and awards
terms, conditions and employee rights	working time and leave working patterns
HR policy and strategy	work organisation
employee relations	employee relations challenges and tools

SECTORS:
chemicals
construction
engineering and metals
finance
food, drink and tobacco
hotels and catering
manufacturing (other)
public services
retail and wholesale
services (other)
textiles
transport and communication

AUTHOR: Sarah Welfare

With the Women and Work Commission calling on employers to open up part-time opportunities in senior job roles, what do HR professionals think? Our employer survey provides some answers and some tips on managing part-time working.

Key points

Our survey of 73 employers of part-time workers found that while many are proactive in promoting the availability and quality of part-time working opportunities, most jobs currently done part time in their organisations are not those with any management responsibility.

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