2020-05-16: News Headlines

The Canary (2020-05-15). Low-paid workers more likely to have lost jobs since coronavirus crisis began — study. thecanary.co Almost a third of the country's lowest-paid workers have been furloughed or lost their jobs altogether, a new study suggests. | The Resolution Foundation said a survey of 6,000 adults showed that Britain's lowest-paid employees are paying the heaviest economic price in the current crisis. | Among the lowest-paid fifth of earners before the crisis, 5% have lost their job, and a further 25% have been furloughed, said the report. In contrast, less than one in 10 of the top fifth of earners have lost work or been furloughed. | Across the workforce as a whole, almost one in five workers have lost work or been furlough…