Yes, it's a bit of a myth.
To put it another way the Yorkshire and Humber region has the highest unemployment rate in the UK at 5.2%
How many of these actually want to work remains debateable.
Plus there's the other myth about zero hours contracts being bad. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said those on zero-hours contracts were more likely to be young, women, part-time or in full-time education. That section of the employed that actually like that arrangement because of their lives outside work.