More People Underemployed Than Overemployed

Since the start of the year, more people are saying that they feel underemployed than overemployed and would like to work more hours if the job allowed according to the ONS Economic and Labour Market Review. In the past it was the other way around. Overemployment levels were a million higher than underemployment levels on average from 2001 to 2008. Time-related underemployment means people want to work more hours for more pay and overemployment means they want less hours for less pay. There were 2.81 million time-related underemployed people in January-March 2010 compared with 2.75 million time-related overemployed people.