Young workers facing zero hours contracts and low pay

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A survey of the working lives of the under 35s, conducted by the Young Workers Network (YWN), has revealed that nearly 90% struggle to make ends meet with zero hour contracts and low pay the norm for many. The survey also found that 21% of respondents felt their job could end at any time, 20% were working on zero hour contracts and 20% said their employer gives them less than one day’s notice of their working hours. The survey is ill be part of a submission by the YWN to a study on zero hour contracts being conducted by the University of Limerick.
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