The Department for Work and Pensions has revealed that more people applied for out-of-work sickness benefits in the first four months of this year than ever before. Employment experts have warned that whoever wins the general election will need to break the "vicious cycle" causing an increasing number of people to become too sick to work.
Since 2021, there has been a sharp increase of almost fifty per cent in PIP applications. Alice Martin went on to explain that poor working conditions "risk compounding existing health conditions and can lead to people dropping out of the labour market altogether. What the research found The research into employment statistics and practices across the economy by the Lancaster University team revealed Victorian-like working conditions for many people on lower pay - with many forced to work longer hours to make ends meet, while living with a disability or medical condition that is only made worse by their hours of labour.
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