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ARTICLE · 27 JULY 2010

UK’s Part-Time Workforce Reaches Record Levels

Ashby Cohen Solicitors Ltd
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A new report has revealed that the UK’s part-time workforce has risen to an all-time high in the three months to May. Many put the rise down to increasing numbers struggling to find full-time employment in the wake of the recession.

United KingdomEmployment and HR
Alain Cohen
Alain Cohen

A new report has revealed that the UK's part-time workforce has risen to an all-time high in the three months to May.

Many put the rise down to increasing numbers struggling to find full-time employment in the wake of the recession.

According to the report, there was a 148,000 rise in part-time workers in the last quarter, taking the total number of part-time employees to 7.82 million. This is the highest figure recorded since the Office for National Statistics (ONS) first started collecting data in 1992.

The new ONS figures show that a record 27% of the UK's workforce is now in part-time employment, with part-timers accounting for the majority of the 160,000 rise in total employment levels, which is the largest rise since August 2006.

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