News • Number of people forced into part-time roles highest since records began
From Equality South West
The number of people working part time because they cannot find a full-time job has reached the highest level since comparable records began 20 years ago, according to data released today by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
In the three months to December 2011, the number of people taking part-time roles due to the lack of full-time work rose by 83,000 compared with the previous quarter, bringing the total number to 1.35 million.
Despite a 0.1 percentage point rise in the number of people in employment over the quarter, the ONS stated that this was mainly due to an increase of 90,000 in the number of people working part-time.
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