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‘I don’t do a monthly shop any more’: life with unpredictable working hours

‘I don’t do a monthly shop any more’: life with unpredictable working hours



Highly variable hours mean pay and benefits are difficult to predict and manage for a mother of three in SalfordPeople are getting ‘stuck’ in insecure work for years, says UK thinktank“Obviously I never know what I’m going to be paid each week,” says Jessica Burns, a mother of three young children from Salford.Burns, who is 30, enjoys her job at a local branch of the supermarket Iceland, which she can walk to in half an hour. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/17/i-dont-do-a-monthly-shop-any-more-life-with-unpredictable-working-hours

Author : Heather Stewart

Publish date : 2024-09-17 04:00:34

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