Almost 10 million part-time workers in the EU would have preferred to work more: Eurostat Labour Force Survey 2014
- Over 1.8 million UK part-time workers were underemployed in 2014. Underemployed part-time workers are persons aged 15-74 working part-time who wish to work additional hours and are available to do so. Part-time work is recorded as self-reported by individuals
- 64% of those underemployed UK workers were women
- Among the 44.1 million persons in the European Union (EU) working part-time in 2014, 9.8 million were underemployed