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Part-Time Work Jumps 16% as Many Jobs Contract

Posted Mar 8, 08 12:10 PM CST in Business 

(Newser) – Tough economic times—and a drop in full-time jobs in some sectors—are pushing more people into part-time work, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Labor Department says 16% more workers—some 4.79 million people—are working part-time jobs this year than last, the highest total since 1993.

And, says the Labor Department, 1.8 million—more than half of them women—work multiple part-time jobs to make ends meet, the highest number since 1994, when the government began recording that statistic. Much of the growth in part-time work is in retail, where extended hours and computerized staffing levels have created a need for flexible schedules. Part-time jobs make up about 17% of the employment market.

Source Wall Street Journal

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A customer walks past a "now hiring" poster on the door of a Dick's sporting goods store in in Aurora, Ohio   (Associated Press)
Unemployed people wait in line at the California Employment Development Department in San Jose, Calif.   (Associated Press)
A man walks past a "now hiring" sign into the Sears Hardware store in in Bainbridge Twp., Ohio. More companies are turning to part-time workers.   (Associated Press)
A woman and child walk past "hiring now" signs on the doors of a Target store in in Aurora., Ohio.   (Associated Press)
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