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xchrom

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17. Underemployment affects 10.5% of UK workforce

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 10:31 AM

Nov 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20509189

Penny Cook has asked her part-time employer for more hours but has been refused

One in 10 of all workers in the UK is now officially underemployed, according to a study from the Office For National Statistics (ONS).

It says 3.05 million workers want to work more hours each week, out of a total workforce of 29.41 million.

The number of workers in this position has shot up by 980,000 in the four years since the start of the economic recession in 2008.

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