Part timers swell in numbers

A Productivity Commission report suggests Australia has the largest number of part-time workers in the developed world, The Age reports.

And not only are our companies happy to employ part timers, they're also prepared to pay them well: the study found the nation's casual workforce is amongst the world's best paid.

The study suggests part time pay loadings were in excess of 90 per cent of full time rates in Australia, a figure considerably lower in other OECD countries.