Part-time workers trail on training

Citation

(1999), "Part-time workers trail on training", Education + Training, Vol. 41 No. 9. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.1999.00441iab.021

Part-time workers trail on training

Keywords Part-time work, Training, Qualifications

Part-time working has been on the rise over recent years in most countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, but people employed for fewer hours a week are likely to suffer lower earnings and have fewer training opportunities than their full-time colleagues. The OECD's Employment Outlook survey shows that part-time working is most common in The Netherlands (where it represents a little less than 30 per cent of total employment) and the UK (23 per cent). It has risen particularly sharply over the last ten years in France and Germany, but remains relatively uncommon in the countries of Southern Europe. However, average hourly part-time earnings range between 90 and 55 per cent of full-time wages; and discrimination on pay is also reflected in training. For every 100 full-time workers receiving training in the EU, the average for part-timers is 70 per cent for men and 60 per cent for women. There is, moreover, no evidence that the gap in training between part-time and full-time employees narrows with educational qualifications.