There has been a significant jump in the number of part-time workers over the past year as a result of the global financial crisis, a trend that is now filtering through the law profession, reports The Australian.
According to The Australian’s third annual flexible work survey, 10 percent of workers at the nation’s largest law firms now work part-time, up from 9.1 percent last year and 8.5 percent in 2007.
For special counsel, the figure soared to 38.5 percent and among female senior associates, 31.5 percent. There was also a surge in the number of males working part-time at several firms. Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick welcomed the increase in males working part-time at some firms.
“My very strong view is that men are the future of the attitudinal change that’s necessary to make flexible work real work, or not the poor relation of full-time work,” she said.
“To the extent it works for both the lawyer and the firm, I think that’s a really positive development.”
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