According to ONS data, there are now nearly 300,000 people aged 50 or over in insecure employment
Zero-hours contracts among the over-50s have reached their highest level since records began, according to new analysis of official government statistics.
There are nearly 300,000 people aged 50 and older with zero-hours contracts, the highest number for this age group since records began in 2013 and almost double the number 10 years ago, from 149,000 in October to December 2013 to 296,000 in July to September 2022.
Continue reading…According to ONS data, there are now nearly 300,000 people aged 50 or over in insecure employment Zero-hours contracts among the over-50s have reached their highest level since records began, according to new analysis of official government statistics.There are nearly 300,000 people aged 50 and older with zero-hours contracts, the highest number for this age group since records began in 2013 and almost double the number 10 years ago, from 149,000 in October to December 2013 to 296,000 in July to September 2022. Continue reading…