Dutch employers often assume women are only interested in part-time work
The Netherlands has long had a strong part-time culture in which far more women than men work limited hours. Recent research conducted by the Dutch Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP) indicates that companies are actually contributing to the trend by offering women part-time jobs more frequently than full-time employment, due at least in part to employer assumptions that women would rather work limited hours to free up time for familial responsibilities.