People are getting ‘stuck’ in insecure work for years, says UK thinktank

Work Foundation says ‘juggling unpredictable pay and hours’ keeps staff from upskilling and finding new jobs‘I don’t do a monthly shop any more’: life with unpredictable working hoursInsecure work can often be a trap, rather than a stepping stone to a better life, according to new research that tracked the employment of 10,000 people across four years.As debate rages over Labour’s plans to improve workers’ rights, a study from the Work Foundation thinktank found that 44% of people in precarious work were in the same situation four years later, while another 9% had fallen out of work altogether. Continue reading...

People are getting ‘stuck’ in insecure work for years, says UK thinktank

Work Foundation says ‘juggling unpredictable pay and hours’ keeps staff from upskilling and finding new jobs

Insecure work can often be a trap, rather than a stepping stone to a better life, according to new research that tracked the employment of 10,000 people across four years.

As debate rages over Labour’s plans to improve workers’ rights, a study from the Work Foundation thinktank found that 44% of people in precarious work were in the same situation four years later, while another 9% had fallen out of work altogether. Continue reading...