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Female migrants at bottom of pay scale



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Published Date: 11 August 2008
FEMALE migrant workers were more likely than any other group to be paid less than the national minimum wage, according to a new study.
Research for the TUC by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at Oxford University revealed a number of "worrying" trends of increasing problems faced by migrant workers in general.

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  • Last Updated: 10 August 2008 10:40 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Immigration and refugees
 
1

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 11/08/2008 01:38:07

Time to force the Laws, on unacceptable exploitation then!
2

Guga II,

Rockall 11/08/2008 03:15:04
#1.

Not only enforce the law, but increase the fines for the lawbreakers.
3

Climate change is a fraud,

11/08/2008 08:32:08
I'm sure Mrs Harperson will use 'positive discrimination' laws to sort it out.
4

Paula,

11/08/2008 20:31:39
But the migrant workers take the wages, they accept the jobs at that pay because it is more than what they would get at home. This is before realising how expensive this country is to live in.

Employers are so happy at the wave of immigrants simply because they can get away without paying the minimum wage to them.

 

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