by The Underemployment Project | Jun 20, 2024 | Articles, News
The CIPD Good Work Index is an annual benchmark of good work in the UK. Each year, the CIPD surveys thousands of workers to ask about the everyday realities of their own work and how it impacts their health and wellbeing. Its 2024 report is out now. Workers who are...
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 | Mar 8, 2024 | Articles
Have you ever been in a job where you wanted to work more hours? What about having a job where you felt overqualified? Or a job where you felt underpaid? Most people will answer with a yes to at least one of these questions. However, more women in the UK will answer...
by The Underemployment Project | Dec 10, 2023 | Articles
Underemployment has become a topic of significant interest among policy makers and researchers in recent years. Despite its widespread prevalence and significant economic and social consequences, measuring underemployment has proven to be a challenging task due to its...
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...
