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In 2024 we partnered with flexible work experts and social enterprise Timewise to create the Part-time Works podcast series; to build understanding and celebrate part-time working through informative and interesting discussions of people's experiences of part-time work.
With a variety of stories shared during the series, each with their own unique take on how part-time has been a game-changer for them, we challenged perceptions around good part-time work, the people for whom it is vital and the variety of reasons it can be both needed and wanted.
It came as no great surprise through these stories that part-time and flexible working arrangements are of pivotal importance for those managing caring responsibilities and/or long-term health conditions.
Set this against the context of the government asking how to ‘Get Britain Working’, passing the Employment Rights Bill and launching an independent review on the role of employers in creating healthy and inclusive workplaces, we worked with Timewise to host a conversation with Paul Gregg, the independent chair of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)'s new Labour Market Advisory Board.
Bringing together labour market experts with people representing carers and those with long term health conditions, to discuss economic inactivity in the UK and asking:
The insights and contributions in the room made for a rich and thought-provoking discussion where we touched on several points to inform the next stage of our Part-Time Works campaign with Timewise;
When someone goes onto Incapacity Benefit they tend to stay there a long time. This is a real cause for concern and strong predictor of how numbers will rise over the coming years.
There’s a family context to this issue, both through a huge disparity between employment rates for single disabled people vs those in a couple and the significant impact of carrying out unpaid care on someone’s ability to work.
People in caring roles bring added value to employers with the wealth of skills they learn outside of their paid employment, from communication skills, resourcefulness and problem solving through to staying cool in a crisis and advocacy skills.
The place of vocational rehabilitation in helping people with health conditions overcome barriers to work.
We’re looking forward to exploring these points and how part-time work can positively impact the lives of those with caring responsibilities and/or managing long-term health conditions with our upcoming Part-time Works Podcast Special in June.
Find out more and listen to Series 1 of Part-time Works and if you have experience of working whilst caring for a loved one, managing your own health alongside working or perhaps you want to work part-time but have struggled to find a suitable role to fit your needs, and you would like to tell us your story, please get in touch with jo.burkill@timewise.co.uk.
