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Part-time working

A part-time worker is a person who works fewer hours than the number of hours that full-time workers in the organisation are contracted to work. It often happens that an employee returning from maternity leave will ask her employer for a move from full-time working to part-time working to fit her working life around caring for her child.

Common part-time working arrangements include: working fewer days per week than full-time workers, for example three days per week; working fewer hours per day than full-time workers, for example four hours per day; and job-sharing, which is where two or more workers share one role.


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    Part-time lecturer treated less favourably

    by Zoe Wickens 7 Apr 2025
    by Zoe Wickens 7 Apr 2025

    Employment tribunal finds part-time lecturer at London-based Capital City College (CCC) faced less favourable treatment.

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    Rise in number of over 65s in work

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 27 Nov 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 27 Nov 2024

    The number of over 65s in work has risen since the early 2000s and more than doubled among women, a new study finds.

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    Businesses worry over recruiting festive season staff

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Nov 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Nov 2024

    Nearly half (48%) of all firms said finding the right staff was their biggest recruitment challenge over the festive season.

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    Reservist wins landmark Territorial Army pensions case

    by Jo Faragher 16 Aug 2024
    by Jo Faragher 16 Aug 2024

    A retired major has won a landmark case against the Ministry of Defence that could mean thousands of reservists will receive army pensions.

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    More people moving into ‘severely insecure work’

    by Rob Moss 26 Feb 2024
    by Rob Moss 26 Feb 2024

    More than 0.5 million people moved into ‘severely insecure work’ last year, according to Work Foundation’s UK Insecure Work Index 2024

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    Introduce three-day week for over 50s, says former minister

    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Sep 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Sep 2023

    The UK should adopt a three-day working week for the over 50s, former pensions minister Baroness Altmann has said.

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    One in four over 50s working part-time

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Sep 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Sep 2023

    The number of over 50s working part-time has increased by 56% since 2003, analysis of official figures has found.

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    What Harpur Trust v Brazel means for holiday pay

    by James Cresswell 28 Feb 2023
    by James Cresswell 28 Feb 2023

    Up to 700,000 workers may benefit from an increased holiday entitlement following the Harpur Trust v Brazel Supreme Court judgment.

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    Top 10 HR questions September 2022: additional bank holidays

    by Brightmine 1 Oct 2022
    by Brightmine 1 Oct 2022

    Last month's most popular HR questions focused on the impact of an extra bank holiday for the Queen's state funeral.

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    Chancellor plans to boost work among over 50s and benefits claimants

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Sep 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Sep 2022

    Plans to increase working hours among the over 50s and benefits claimants are to be unveiled in tomorrow's mini-Budget.

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    Illness and fewer part-time jobs see drop in over 50s in work

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Sep 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Sep 2022

    The number people aged 50 and over leaving the workforce has increased since the pandemic, reversing an upward trend in the employment rate seen since the 1990s.

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    Part-time work is lifestyle choice suggests analysis

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2022

    More people are working part-time or in temporary jobs than at any time since the start of the pandemic.

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    Oxford study highlights best gig economy firms to work for

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2022

    Pedal Me, Gorillas and Getir ride high in the worker-friendly rankings while Deliveroo and Just Eat slip down the table.

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    Flexible working requests: what is an employer’s obligation?

    by Jade Ferguson 4 Feb 2022
    by Jade Ferguson 4 Feb 2022

    It is imperative that employers understand how to handle flexible working requests and consider the risks associated with them.

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    by Rob Moss 5 Jan 2022
    by Rob Moss 5 Jan 2022

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