Working hours: 'I've no idea when I'll be told what shifts I have'

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Two-fifths of UK workers in full or part-time employment are given short notice of their work patterns

Retail assistant Caspian Okazaki says it is hard to plan life around a variable, ever-changing work rota

He is among the 37% of working adults in the UK who are given less than a week's notice of their working hours, according to a study by the Living Wage Foundation. It also found that full-time workers being paid less than the £9.50 an hour real living wage were particularly hard hit by short notice of working hours. The thinktank said the problem affects more than two thirds of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, and 64% of people with children.

"It is definitely not enough to live on if I didn't have a secondary income," says Mr Okazaki who also owns an online alternative fashion apparel brand.

 

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