Young ethnic minority workers ‘in unstable jobs’

Young people from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds are at greater risk of being in unstable employment, according to research.

The group is 47% more likely to to be on a zero-hours contract, a study said.

A report from the Carnegie Trust, University College London’s Centre for Longitudinal Studies and Operation Black Vote says the group is 4% less likely to have a permanent job.

The researchers compared the experiences of 25-year-olds in England.

It included people who are white, as well mixed-race, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black African and Caribbean, and other minority ethnicities, sometimes collectively known as BAME workers.