Part Time Working Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

Weekly dilemma: Part-time employees and job-shares
www.personneltoday.com | Nov 24, 2011
I employ two members of staff on a job-share basis; both work two-and-a-half days per week. Unfortunately, one is leaving and it will take me a while to

Elderly workforce doubles as over-65s struggle to make ends meet - Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk | Mar 2, 2011
The number of older people working beyond retirement age has doubled in the last 10 years to almost 900,000, according to the latest official figures.

Scandal as 97% of new jobs are part-time | This is Money
www.thisismoney.co.uk | Feb 1, 2011
An astonishing 97% of posts created since the economy came out of recession are of limited hours

Babies don't suffer when mothers return to work, study reveals | Life and style | The Observer
www.guardian.co.uk | Jul 31, 2010
• Findings overturn earlier research on working mothers • Gains of being in employment outweigh disadvantages

Employment Solicitors Blog - 'Underemployment'
blog.pannone.com | Jun 1, 2010
New figures released by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) reveal that there has been a 45% increase in the number of people working part-time because they can t find full time work since

Working mothers feel impact of ‘Mancession’ : Personal Finance : The Buffalo News
www.buffalonews.com | May 9, 2010
NEW YORK—They’ve called it the “Mancession” — a recession that’s affected men disproportionately, because of its brutal impact on male-dominated sectors like construction and manufacturing. <p/>But that term rings hollow to women like Sara Wade, an Illinois

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation - REC response to latest jobless figures
www.rec.uk.com | Feb 17, 2010
Today's ONS unemployment figures show a fall of 3,000 in the number of people currently out of work bringing the total to 2.46 million.

Will 2010 Be a Less Anxious Year?
www.managesmarter.com | Dec 31, 2009
With unemployment and under-employment still high and expected to remain that way for much of 2010, more people are resolving to focus on where they are now in their careers—and where they hope to be by this time next year, according to OI Partners, a career transition and executive coaching

Unhappy GPs eye early retirement
www.6minutes.com.au | Jul 20, 2009
MJA (191:2:75-77) survey of 178 GPs in WA found widespread disillusionment with the country’s medical system, brought about by increased bureaucracy and diminishing lifestyle through overwork.

Women unemployment rate at its highest since Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister - mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk
UNEMPLOYMENT among women has soared to its highest level since Margaret Thatcher was in power, latest figures showed yesterday.