Number: 98-695
Title: Part-Time Job Growth and the Labor Effects of Policy Responses
Authors: Linda Levine, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report provides an overview of part-time employment. Who and how many part-time workers are there? Why has their share of total employment increased over time? The report further analyzes the potential effect on workers were Congress to amend the Equal Pay Act so that it requires equal hourly pay for equal work regardless of full-time/part-time status and were Congress to require that employers cover part-time workers under their fringe benefit plans (e.g., health insurance and retirement benefits). It closes by considering whether skill differences between underemployed workers (i.e., part-time employees who want to work full-time hours) and full time workers in conjunction with the nature of job growth might account for some of the rise in involuntary part-time employment. Reference is made to legislation that deals with part-time employment.
Pages: 17
Date: October 28, 2003