Young employees worry about work
by Mehak Dugal
 
Young workers are also significantly less secure about maintaining their current income level than their older counterparts.
Young workers are also significantly less secure about maintaining their current income level than their older counterparts.

Temporary work is most common amongst young workers aged 16 to 24, with a third of this group employed on temporary contracts according to a new report. The Working in Ireland Survey 2021 finds various forms of labour market insecurity are highest amongst young workers.

 

It found that temporary work remains relatively common for those aged 25-34, a group that includes recent graduates, where one-in-ten works on a temporary basis. This compares to one-in-eight of all Irish employees across the economy.

 

Almost half of workers aged 16 to 34 worry about pay cuts and young workers are less confident than their older counterparts about their ability to secure a new job. Again, almost half of them are worried about their ability to find a new job.

 

Young workers are also significantly less secure about maintaining their current income level than their older counterparts.

 

The authors of the report, Patrick Gallagher and Ciarán Nugent, say there is a growing concern with the expansion of precarious employment, particularly among young people.

 

“The increasing numbers experiencing precariousness have been linked to the longer-term labour market impacts of the global financial crisis and the ongoing decline in union density,” they say.

 

The research also found precariousness has far-reaching implications for young workers, including adverse outcomes in health, housing, and delay in family formation.

 

It also says Ireland is an outlier among European countries in terms of earnings inequality, market income inequality and has one of the highest shares levels of low-paid work in the EU.

 

Read the Working in Ireland Survey 2021 HERE

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