Its turn out that 'long-term sickness' as a cause of 'economic inactivity' among young people is often actually being sick of rubbish, precarious, low-paid work.
The UK's preference for low-wage work (subsidised via in-work benefits) & the managerial perception of workers as a cost it be managed (or reduced), has not gone un-noticed among the young, who just don't want any of it... and who can blame them.
British rubbish management strikes again!
#workers #economics
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/03/young-people-more-likely-to-leave-for-health-reasons-when-in-low-paid-insecure-jobs
The UK's preference for low-wage work (subsidised via in-work benefits) & the managerial perception of workers as a cost it be managed (or reduced), has not gone un-noticed among the young, who just don't want any of it... and who can blame them.
British rubbish management strikes again!
#workers #economics
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/03/young-people-more-likely-to-leave-for-health-reasons-when-in-low-paid-insecure-jobs
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