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Migrant workers earn nearly 13% less than nat l workers, says ILO study
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Migrants earn much less than locals,
and gap is widening: ILO study finds
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Pandemic could widen the wage gap between migrants and local workers, says ILO study
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As per the ILO study, in some countries such as Cyprus, Italy and Austria the pay gap in hourly wages is higher, at 42%, 30% and 25% respectively. In Finland it is lower than the average, at 11% and in the European Union as a whole it is almost 9%.
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Migrants earn nearly 13% on average less than national workers in high-income countries. However, in low- and middle-income countries, the situation is reversed with migrant workers earning about 17.3% more per hour than non-migrant workers, the International Labour Organisation said, adding the Covid crisis may widen the labour market differences between migrant workers and nationals.
Migrants earn nearly 13% less than native workers: ILO report
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Migrants earn nearly 13 percent less on average than native workers in high-income countries, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report.
The gap between wages paid to migrant and native workers is significant and growing, and may widen further because of the pandemic, said the report.
The report published yesterday, The migrant pay gap: Understanding wage differences between migrants and nationals , examined 49 countries that host half of the world s migrant workers and found that they were earning nearly 13 percent less on average.
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GENEVA, 14 December 2020 (ILO) – Migrants earn nearly 13 per cent on average less than national workers in high-income countries, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report.
In some countries such as Cyprus, Italy and Austria the pay gap in hourly wages is higher, at 42 per cent, 30 per cent and 25 per cent respectively. In Finland it is lower than the average, at 11 per cent and in the European Union as a whole it is almost 9 per cent.
In the last five years, the migrant pay gap has widened in some high-income countries: In Italy for example, migrant workers earn 30 per cent less than nationals according to the latest data, compared to 27 per cent in 2015. In Portugal the pay gap is 29 per cent compared to 25 per cent in 2015, and in Ireland 21 per cent compared to 19 per cent in 2015.
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