Part-time work is on the rise in the U.S. — and far more people are working less by choice than by obligation.
A lot of people are reconsidering the 40-hour week,” said Lonnie Golden, an economist at Penn State Abington. “And I don’t think we’re putting the toothpaste back in the tube.”More than 22 million Americans are working less than 35 hours a week for "noneconomic reasons," according to Labor Department data.
Many of the reasons people are choosing to work part-time stem from the pandemic, economists say. There are parents working less to take care of kids or adult children cutting hours to care for aging parents.
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