LS12- Labour Market Issues

Question 1

List the 5 labour market issues

Answer 1

• zero-hours contracts (job insecurity & unstable income)
• discrimination (e.g. gender pay gap)
• education & training (e.g. not enough people choose a-level maths etc)
• shortages (e.g. farming sector labour shortages, strict visas on low-skilled workers)
• retirement (less generous social security and disability insurance, mortality rates declined)