1.4 Summary: Time-related underemployment

The time-related underemployed work fewer hours than they desire. In this report, we count as time-underemployed those part-timers who work part-time because they could not find a full-time job, workers (part- and full-timers) who would like to work longer hours in their current job, and workers seeking a replacement job with more hours. Approaching underemployment using three different measures gives us better insights into UK levels of this first form of underemployment and trends over time. We show which groups face higher levels of time-related underemployment and who is better protected from it. Results from the three indicators affirm that the groups facing higher levels of time-related underemployment include younger workers and workers from minority ethnic groups, as well as people employed in routine/semi-routine occupations and on precarious contracts. We move to skills-related underemployment next.