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Very little was known about the world of part-time work until recently. The few people doing such work were not considered to be ‘real workers’. Employers assumed that part-timers did not take their jobs as seriously as full-timers and were therefore less reliable. In return they deserved less pay, fewer benefits and very little job security. In short, part-time workers were second class workers.
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© 1992 Anna Eckersley
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Eckersley, A. (1992). Part-time Work. In: Women. In Business Now. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12402-2_2
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