Question

Select the answer that best describes an underemployed worker. O Cathy, who works full time as a kindergarten teacher Jessica, a full-time college student O Heather, who was laid off six months ago and gave up trying to find a new job two O Bill, who is retired but works part time as a mechanic to stay active O Benny, who works part time as a contract author but would prefer to work full time When the official unemployment rate is calculated, underemployed workers are O counted as unemployed. O not included in the labor force. O counted as employed.

Answer 1

The workers who are willing and able to work are included in the labor force. A worker is said to be underemployed if that worker is doing a work which does not optimally use the skills of that worker. Here, Benny, who works part time but willing to work full time will be considered as underemployed worker because he is working part time and willing to work full time. So, the correct answer is 'Option E'.

All the workers who are willing to work but not able to find a job are considered as unemployed. So, when unemployment rate is calculated, anyone who is working is considered as employed. So, the correct answer is 'Option C'.