Living on the edge: the rise of job insecurity in modern Britain
TUC - London
2016
45 p.
labour force participation ; precarious employment ; self employment ; wages ; workers rights ; job insecurity
Unemployment
English
"Ten years ago the TUC established a Commission on Vulnerable Employment (CoVE), to examine the increase in the proportion of workers at risk of poverty and injustice due to an imbalance of power in the employer-worker relationship.
It is now nearly a decade since CoVE reported. In that time we have seen a significant increase in the number of people in work, with 2.6 million more people now in the labour market. But while this increase in employment is welcome, it has been accompanied by two major changes in the experience of work:
Working people have experienced a significant downgrade in their pay.
Pay is still around
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