Europe’s army of ‘underemployed’ workers grows

Among the 42m part-time workers in the EU27 in 2011, 8.6m wished to work more hours, were available to do so and can therefore be considered to be 'underemployed'. These accounted for 20.5% of part-time workers and 4.0% of total employment. In 2010, the corresponding figures were very similar: 41.3 million persons worked part time and 8.5 million were underemployed.

• Primary Source

Eurostat: Press Release, STAT/12/61: Labour Force Survey in 2011. Around 8.5 million part-time workers in the EU27 wished to work more hours http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/12/61&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: Brussels to push for EU-wide minimum wage http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-to-push-for-eu-wide-minimum-wage/

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