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Part-time work can offer employees stronger work/life balance, but too many organisations still see it as an "inconvenient" perk, a flexible work specialist says.

"And what's worse, they often view those who want to work part-time as less committed than their peers," says leadership and flexible work coach Belinda Morgan.

"The very term 'part-time' contributes to this kind of bias, as people seem to conflate it with being part-motivated or even part-capable."

But offering part-time work should be simple and beneficial to employers and employees alike, she says...