Over the last decade or so the Northern Irish labour market has seen an overall decline in the traditional ‘standard’ of regular, full-time, permanent employment, and a rise in non-standard employment (Wilson, 2017).
This phenomenon however is not peculiar to Northern Ireland, with a growing body of evidence showing this to be the case across many advanced nations, including the United Kingdom (European Commission, 2016; ILO, 2016). We are seeing increasing numbers of people working lower hours, in temporary or self-employment (Greer and Livianos, 2017; Wilson, 2017).
This Research InBrief however seeks to ascertain if there are differences in the employment arrangements in which people work in Northern Ireland, in comparison to those in Great Britain.
