Can We Transform Part‐Time Work? Available to Purchase

Part‐time work is a ghetto for women, a blessing for employers. As a route back to work for women after a career break, it is associated with returning to lower‐status jobs and occupations than those held full‐time before the break. But it is at the forefront of changing ways of working: job‐sharing, job splitting, flexible working and revolving working weeks all pivot on what is fundamentally part‐time work. It is a model of work preferred by many, but at an unacceptable price, particularly for men. Is it possible to manage part‐time work better, to exploit its benefits without suffering its ill consequences? Jane Phillips investigates.