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‘Firms must offer worker benefits’

PANDEMIC support funds for businesses should be contingent on firms offering better employee benefits in order to combat low pay and precarious work, a think tank has said.

Analysis by IPPR Scotland, published today, shows that many jobs are not providing workers with “enough to make a decent life for themselves and their families.”

The think tank said that women and minorities are particularly badly served by the labour market.

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