Downturn 'hitting women harder'
Female workers are being hit harder than ever before by the effects of the current downturn, a report suggests.
A study by the TUC union showed the redundancy rate among women had risen by 2.3%, almost double the rate for men, since last year.
It said more women were in work and more households depended on a woman's wage than in previous downturns.
It also found many job losses were occurring in retail and hospitality, where more women than men work.
The study, published ahead of Wednesday's unemployment figures which are expected to show another big rise in the jobless total, also found women now earn more than men in a fifth of couples.
Downturn 'hitting women harder'
Published by You on 21 January, 2009 - 02:31
You know, I really don't agree with scapegoating the newcomers, because eventually no one would want to come into that company or profession, if you have to eliminate, then eliminate on the basis of potential and productivity.
“Before death takes away what you are given, give away whatever there is to give.”
Mawlana Jalal ud Din Rumi