Young returners to work are in insecure employment

A report by the Resolution Foundation has found that young people had returned to work rapidly in late 2021, with unemployment now slightly lower than pre-pandemic levels, but a third of the 18-34 year-olds back in the workplace were now in "insecure work". The young "returners", those who were employed pre-Covid but became unemployed in the pandemic, were now much more likely than those who stayed in work to be on a temporary or zero-hours contract, or doing agency work or unsteady hours. 33% of the returners, among 6,100 people surveyed by YouGov, were now in such roles, compared with 12% of those who had stayed in work throughout the pandemic.