by The Underemployment Project | Mar 11, 2025 | Articles, News
Recently, we shared with our participants in the Underemployment Research Project findings from the first conversations we had together at the end of 2023 and beginning of 2024. We invited the 60 participants to either online or in person meetings in the four cities...
by The Underemployment Project | Nov 25, 2024 | Articles, News
In October 2024, the Labour government published the Employment Rights Bill. The bill introduced a range of policy measures relevant to underemployment, including: ‘day 1 rights’ of employment, including entitlement to paternity leave, and unpaid parental leave as...
by The Underemployment Project | Oct 30, 2024 | Articles
In the first qualitative report, we explore the lived experiences of underemployed workers. Our findings show underemployment is a complex issue for working people: working hours, pay, and skill usage were connected, and most people were underemployed in more than one...
by The Underemployment Project | May 8, 2024 | Articles, News
From 6 April 2024, workers in England, Wales and Scotland can request flexible working arrangements from their first day on the job. Promoted by a range of organisations within the Flexible Working Taskforce, supporters of the new regulations contend these changes...
by The Underemployment Project | Oct 2, 2023 | Articles
This week, 2-8 of October, is Challenge Poverty Week in Scotland. At a time when unemployment rates are said to be the lowest in “nearly 50 years” [i], poverty in Scotland is an increasing reality for too many. Already in 2022, more than 7 in 10 families were going...
