Table 12 shows the proportion of employees who work part-time (less than 30 hours per week). Previous SSC reports have noted the trend for the Public Service to employ relatively low proportions of part-time staff. The Public Service employs very few staff in the Personal and Protective Services group (excluding prison officers) where part-time work is highest in the labour force. However, the trend for Public Service part-time employment to be at much lower levels than the labour force is consistent across all groups.
To the extent that part-time work is an indicator of workplace flexibility and consistent with positive EEO outcomes, this indicator goes against the trends found in the rest of this report.
Table 12: Part-time Employment (June 2000)
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Occupation
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Part-time employment as a % of all employees
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Labour Force
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Public Service
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Associate Professionals
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25
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7
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Customer Services Clerks
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40
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7
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Managers
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7
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1
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Office Clerks
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27
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9
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Personal & Protective Services Workers
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52
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2
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Professionals
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24
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4
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Science/Technical
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18
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5
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Trades & Production Workers
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19
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2
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Total
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26
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5
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