Why Gen Z workers are quitting the UK workforce

A quarter of British 18-24-year-olds have considered leaving the workforce in the last year – a sign of the increasing impact of economic inactivity spreading across the UK. Among all UK workers, 10 per cent are currently actively considering leaving work for an extended period, with a further 20 per cent having considered leaving in the last year, data from PwC revealed. The news comes as a staggering 90 per cent of employers state that they are concerned about a rising wave of economic inactivity. Economic inactivity, which includes those who are not seeking work or are unavailable to work, climbed to 22 per cent of working-age adults last year, according to ONS data. Read more of the story here 👇 https://www.cityam.com/quarter-of-young-workers-considering-quitting-the-workforce/ Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cityam Produced by: Elliot Gulliver-Needham, Emmanuel Nwosu, Scarlett Wild