More than a million workers want to work longer hours

Original article by Josh Gordon
The Age – Page: 7 : 18-Nov-16

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show a high level of underemployment. Among those with a job, 8.7 per cent of employees would like to work longer hours. Sue Richardson, from the National Institute of Labor Studies at Flinders University, says underemployment usually affects those with low levels of education because of the gradual disappearance of jobs in manufacturing.

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