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According to the GFC experience of flexibility was not perfect, some still struggled with the perceived stigma of flexibility, wondering if it connoted business failure or a lack of commitment, but overall that gained significant insights and forged a new way of working ,and because the concept of “flexible work practices” has been dominantly (and narrowly)interpreted as referring to women returning from maternity leave on a part-time basis. Moreparticularly, “flexible work practices” have been associated with an employer’s accommodation of an employee’s caring responsibilities, rather than an employer initiated work practice within a “win-win”framework (ie good for business and good for the employee), and have been less connected to men,or practices such as purchased leave, telecommuting and managing long hours. In essence, flexiblework practices were not seen as a strategic business initiative, with multiple elements, and relevant toa broad group of employees, including those working full-time.The size of this “something” is reflected in the 2010 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data inrelation to part-time work, leave-taking and average hours. Namely between August 2008 andAugust 2009 part-time hours increased significantly for both men and women (by 5,299,400 (7.99per cent) and 3,770,300 hours (2.39 per cent) respectively4) and the proportion of full-timeemployees working below 35 hours per week during the period September 2008 to May 2009 (whichincluded the Australian summer holiday period), for reasons such as leave taking, grew by 3 perce3nt.5 In addition, during this period “aggregate monthly hours fell 2.8 per cent, the equivalent of roughly270,000 effective full-time jobs” suggesting that the length of the work week declined, even for thoseworking full-time6
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