ABSTRACT
The question of part-time work for women was initially raised at the Twentieth CPSU Congress. In 1970, the Principles of USSR Labor Legislation (Article 26) affirmed the right of workers to work part-time by mutual agreement with factory management. The survey indicated that a shift to part-time work usually leads to higher quality of output, fewer rejects, and a greater number of workers whose output meets preliminary standards and need not be checked. Among women opting for part-time work there is a higher proportion taking on temporary assignments that do not require much time. Some had been working part-time for ten years or more. Obviously they could not have worked normal hours. It follows that greater use of part-time work would help solve the problem of drawing able-bodied pensioners into social production, thus contributing to a gradual transition for them from full employment to full retirement and easing the strain on the balance of labor resources.
