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PETALING JAYA: Women in their mid-40s to mid-50s are rejoining the labour force after a career break and prefer more flexibility to fulfil their obligations at home.According to the Statistics Department’s Labour Force Survey, women’s participation in the labour force went up in the last quarter of last year, especially for women between the ages of 45 and 54.
Chai said many women in this age group may prefer freelance or less formal or stable jobs as they cannot commit to an inflexible 9-to-5 job. He said older women who want to return to working full-time might need retraining or a short adjustment period.“These disruptions affect women differently, but in general, older workers face some form of discrimination due to their age,” he said, where their plight highlights an underlying gender gap in Malaysia’s labour market.
MyAgeing’s Chai said flexibility was key to encouraging the participation of women of all ages in the workforce. “Women with children have to bear with more housework and their care burden will worsen if they have to take care of the elderly or differently-abled in the family as well.”