Work & training
- Almost 44 % of female employees work part-time, while 11.3 % of men do not work full-time.
- Four-fifths time employment is the most popular part-time working arrangement.
- For female employees, the main reasons for working part-time are 'other personal or family-related reasons' (25.3 %), followed by 'provision of child or dependent care' (24.6 %) and 'the desired job is only offered on a part-time basis' (16.7 %). For men, the main reasons are 'other personal or family-related reasons' (21.8 %), 'the desired job is only offered on a part-time basis' (16.2 %) and 'cannot find full-time employment' (12.7 %).
- 170,000 of the 1,156,000 part-time workers want to work more.