For men the change was from just 6.2% to now 12%: Thus, while there has been an increase in part-time employment, the concerns about an overall increase in casualised workers currently appear unfounded.
Employers in industries with low-paid part-time workers are growing concerned that mandated paid sick days could become the norm rather than the exception, thanks to a raft of local legislation.
In Australia, there is an increasingly ageing and part-time midwifery workforce, and concerns regarding national and international midwifery shortages [ 23, 24].
His wife and daughter are employed by Tesco, too, and the impact on the branch's 189 jobs - many of them part-time - is a major concern in the town.
If pension and benefits aren't your top concern, going part-time or stepping into an independent consulting role could give you more control over the kind of work you do.
In this article we have talked about part-time work as a female concern.
Plus, there are part-time jobs and other financial concerns at play.
Only a quarter of fathers who work part-time did not have any concerns about the option.
But it raises serious concerns about part-time students, saying that the numbers of people starting part-time undergraduate courses has fallen by 40% since 2010-11.
Sir Michael announced he was standing down last year saying the growing workload for the part-time position made him "increasingly concerned" it was squeezing out other demands on his time.
