AN MP says he is highly concerned about the increasing number of part-time workers.
Recent Labour market statistics have shown that the number of full-time workers in the Barnsley East constituency has decreased by 3,400 since 2010, a fall equivalent to 11.4 per cent.
At the same time the number of part-time workers has increased by only 1,100, or a 14.1 per cent increase.
The figures have been highlighted by Barnsley East MP, Michael Dugher, who is concerned about the availability of working hours in the area and argues that the figures indicate too many new jobs in the area are part-time.
The increase in the number of part-time workers in place of full-time workers in Barnsley East, is far greater than in Yorkshire and Humber and the UK, which have seen an increase of 3.1 per cent and 2.8 per cent respectively.
Michael Dugher said: "These figures are very concerning.
"There has been an increase in the number of part-time workers, but this is less than a third of the number of lost full-time opportunities.
"These figures show that too many of the new jobs are part-time, low paid, zero-hours and insecure. Labour would act to make work pay by raising the minimum wage to £8, ending the exploitative use of zero hour contracts and encouraging businesses to be living wage employers."
