Temporary and part-time jobs surge promotes inequality, says OECD

In the UK, non-standard work including zero-hours contracts accounted for all net jobs growth since 1995

A surge in self-employment and temporary or part-time jobs over the past two decades has been a key factor behind the rise in inequality in the world's industrialised countries, according to a major new study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The Paris-based club, which has been a driving force in arguing that increasing inequality jeopardises economic growth, says more than half of all job creation in its 34 member countries since the mid-1990s has been in "non-standard work", which accounts for about a third of total employment.

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