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Some PhD candidates also work full time and have other responsibilities. Vesnaandjic

July 23, 2024

PhDs are important for South Africa’s growth: more support for doctoral candidates who work full-time is key

Zama Mthombeni, Human Sciences Research Council

Better support for PhD students would help South Africa meet its national research and development goals.

Part-time roles become difficult if that employee is the only source of knowledge, contact or sign-off. www.shutterstock.com

August 22, 2017

More of us could work in part-time roles if they were designed better

Natalie Smith, Queensland University of Technology

Businesses are not considering that roles need to be redesigned to be part-time and this causes problems in managing employees’ workloads and interacting with other employees.

Since 2001, the proportion of full-time workers who believe they will not be with their current employer has been stable at about 7.5%; and the rate for part-time workers has decreased from 15.5 to 12.6%. Dave Hunt/AAP

August 1, 2017

Workers are actually feeling less insecure in their jobs

Jeff Borland, The University of Melbourne

Data show that people don’t feel more insecure in their jobs now. In fact, that feeling is decreasing.

Hospitality workers, along with fast food and retail workers, will have Sunday and public holiday rates cut under the decision. Lukas Coch/AAP

February 23, 2017

Cutting Sunday penalty rates will hurt young people the most

Shirley Jackson, The University of Melbourne

The Fair Work Commission’s latest decision to cut certain Sunday and public holiday penalty rates continues a tradition of undervaluing young workers.

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