Q.Explain the meaning of underemployment with an example.

Underemployment looks like a job on the surface but is not adequate employment in substance — either too few hours or below one's real skill level.

Underemployment describes a situation that appears to be employment but is not adequate employment in substance. It takes two common forms: a person works fewer hours than they are willing and able to work (e.g. a worker who wants a full working day but gets only a few hours of casual daily-wage work), or a person works in a job that does not use their skill or training properly (e.g. a trained engineer or graduate working as a shop assistant or clerk because no matching job is available). Underemployment is a serious but often invisible problem, since the person is technically …