by The Underemployment Project | Nov 28, 2025 | Reports
Underemployment is a persistent and under-recognised challenge in the UK labour market. It affects millions of workers who are employed but not to their full potential: those working fewer hours than they would like, earning a low or minimal salary, and/or stuck in...
by The Underemployment Project | Nov 28, 2025 | Reports
Underemployment —which includes situations of labour underutilisation in terms of hours, pay, and/or skills—has negative consequences in terms of job satisfaction and productivity, health and wellbeing, and finances. Labour underutilisation (or underemployment) has...
by The Underemployment Project | Nov 28, 2025 | Reports
Underemployment—defined as the underuse of labour in terms of hours, wage, and/or skills—has significant negative effects on workers’ job satisfaction, productivity, health and wellbeing, and financial stability. Underemployment also leads to higher staff turnover,...
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...
