WOMEN, disabled people, ethnic minorities and young workers have been “consistently trapped” in insecure employment over the last 20 years, new research published today suggests.

The study by the Work Foundation think tank, found that these four groups are the worst affected by severe job insecurity, defined as those who have volatile pay or hours, such as zero-hours contracts, are in non-permanent work or are in low-paid self-employment. 

Young workers are two-and-a-half times more likely to be in severely insecure work than those in the middle of their working lives, said the think tank.