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Low-paid workers in insecure jobs are more likely to die from Covid-19 – The London Economic
People in the lowest-paid, manual jobs were found to have higher rates of coronavirus mortality – sparking calls to increase sick pay.
Low-paid workers regularly exposed to Covid-19 through their job – including care home workers and nurses – are more likely to die from the virus than people in other professions, new analysis has revealed.
People in the lowest-paid, manual jobs were found to have higher rates of coronavirus mortality – sparking calls from trade unions to instigate clearer workplace safety guidance and increase sick pay.
Men working as chefs, taxi drivers, nursing assistants, nurses and bus drivers and machine operatives…
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