 Uk women’s careers suffer the most in Europe as a result of going part-time
Research carried about by the Women and Equality Unit at the LSE found that British women working part time earn on average 22% less per hour than those working full-time because of the lack of high quality part-time jobs available.
The UK was also found to have one of the worst records in allowing women to shift form full-time to part time work without a demotion or job-change.
Woman's Hour explores whether these so-called "penalties" are the inevitable consequence of part-time working or whether more needs to be done to protect the career prospects of women (and indeed men) who choose to work less than 5 days a week.
Sheila Lawler, director of Politeia - a think-tank on social policy and Marilyn Davidson, Professor of Organisational Psychology at Manchester Business School join the discussion.
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