Labour Market Flexibility: the case of part‐time employment in Canada

Abstract

The 1983 OECD Employment Outlook reported that ‘the rapid expansion of part‐time employment in virtually all member countries is one of the most significant structural shifts occurring in the OECD labour market over the last two decades…in many countries, part‐time employment has continued to grow when full‐time employment has been stagnating or even declining. As the decade progresses, it is apparent that forms of employment different from the traditional full‐time norm are assuming increasing importance, and in all countries part‐time work represents the largest component of this loosely defined ‘flexible workforce’.

Citation

Robinson, O. (1989), "Labour Market Flexibility: the case of part‐time employment in Canada", Management Research News, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 22-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028029