Term:
Part-time employment
Definition:
Due to variations in working hours between countries, there is no internationally agreed definition of part time employment. The findings of an OECD study conclude that a definition of part-time work based on a 30 usual hours threshold would appear to be most appropriate for the purposes of international comparisons. However, actual data vary from country to country.
Domain:
Labour
Source:
OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Glossary of Statistical terms