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The number of people in part-time work only because they cannot find a full-time job is at its highest level in 15 years, the TUC has said. | |
One in nine part-timers now find themselves in that position, it said, which it claimed reflected the lengths people would go to to stay in work. | |
There were now 829,000 people working part-time involuntarily, the TUC said, the most since 1994. | |
Unemployment figures due on Wednesday are set to rise sharply again. | Unemployment figures due on Wednesday are set to rise sharply again. |
As unemployment rises, people are doing whatever they can to stay in work Brendan BarberTUC general secretary | As unemployment rises, people are doing whatever they can to stay in work Brendan BarberTUC general secretary |
The most recent set of data said unemployment in the UK had risen to 2.1 million, up 486,000 from a year ago. | |
And the TUC warned that the new figures would show the jobless total was on course to hit 2.5 million by the summer. | |
'Pitiful' | 'Pitiful' |
The lack of full-time work was demonstrated in Jobcentres across the UK, the TUC said in its analysis of official statistics, with more than a quarter of job vacancies being for fewer than 16 hours a week. | |
Most involuntary part-time workers are female, the TUC added, with 451,000 compared with 378,000 men. | Most involuntary part-time workers are female, the TUC added, with 451,000 compared with 378,000 men. |
About 20% of men working part-time are doing so because they cannot secure full-time work, compared with fewer than one-in-10 part-time women, the study found. | About 20% of men working part-time are doing so because they cannot secure full-time work, compared with fewer than one-in-10 part-time women, the study found. |
People moving to part-time work often were on poor rates of pay, while at the same getting insufficient hours, it added. | People moving to part-time work often were on poor rates of pay, while at the same getting insufficient hours, it added. |
"As unemployment rises, people are doing whatever they can to stay in work," said the TUC's general secretary, Brendan Barber. | "As unemployment rises, people are doing whatever they can to stay in work," said the TUC's general secretary, Brendan Barber. |
"But while part-time work is better than no work at all, people will be shocked by the pitiful pay rates on offer - a disgrace that millions of women have suffered for many years." | "But while part-time work is better than no work at all, people will be shocked by the pitiful pay rates on offer - a disgrace that millions of women have suffered for many years." |
He added that more action was needed to tackle job losses. | He added that more action was needed to tackle job losses. |
"People are far more concerned about their jobs [than cutting public spending] and tackling unemployment is the only way to get our economy motoring again," Mr Barber said. | "People are far more concerned about their jobs [than cutting public spending] and tackling unemployment is the only way to get our economy motoring again," Mr Barber said. |
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