Research suggests poor quality jobs can be worse for your mental health than no job at all.
This quote from the story in Wales Online is particularly significant:
The authors of the research said: "Work-first policies are based on the notion that any job is better than none, as work promotes economic as well as personal well-being. "Psychosocial job quality is a pivotal factor that needs to be considered in the design and delivery of employment and welfare policy."
Of course getting a job can be a massive boost to mental health and is in most cases preferable to being unemployed but if the government is committed to wellbeing it should also consider these "psychosocial factors" in the design of its welfare reform.
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