Published: August 13, 2018
It’s not that part-time workers want to work more hours, just that there are more of them now
Annual data from the bureau of statistics on the labour force shows that more than one million workers last year changed jobs, with many changing occupations and industries. It also shows that the level of workers who are satisfied with the number of hours they are working each week is continuing its 45 year downward trend.
One of the commonly forgotten aspects when we look at the monthly employment figures is that not all new employment is to a person who was previously unemployed or out of the workforce. Each month a significant number of people change jobs.
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