International Labour Organisation: Covid-19 drags down wages | Malay Mail

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PARIS, Dec 2 — As well as hitting global economic activity amidships, the coronavirus has also dragged down wages, an International Labour Organisation report found today. The ILO found “the crisis is likely to inflict massive downward pressure on wages in the near future” in a report issued...

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“The wages of women and low-paid workers have been disproportionately affected by the crisis,” indicated the report on global wage trends unveiled by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and economist Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez. Taking an average of 28 European countries, the report found that, without taking state wage subsidies into account, salaries had slipped 6.5 per cent — with the average impact 8.1 per cent for women and 5.4 per cent for men.

“If we are going to build a better future we must also deal with some uncomfortable questions about why jobs with high social value, like carers and teachers, are very often linked to low pay.”

 

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