Employers love flexible work, right up until the job comes with power

Key points

• Only 13.2 per cent of Australian workplaces have designed management roles that can be done part-time, according to new research. The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre analysed data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
• It found women are promoted at higher rates than men across middle management, but are less likely to reach the top.
• Researchers say employers should measure how many senior roles are genuinely flexible, not just how many have flexible policies.