Black and ethnic minority workers are overrepresented in the sectors hit worst by the economic crisis, an analysis by the Guardian has found. Black and minority ethnic workers, who make up 12% of the UK workforce, account for 18% of jobs in this industry, according to analysis of the Labour Force Survey. Wholesale and retail, which has a roughly proportionate number of BAME workers, had the second-highest number of redundancies, with almost 24,000 job losses. Bangladeshi workers had the lowest hourly wages of any group, according to 2018 data, earning £9.60 an hour on average, compared with £12.03 for white workers. It must now urgently change its course of action to address this glaring disparity, which unchecked leaves the sectors where black, Asian and minority ethnic workers are overrepresented the hardest hit.”

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2020 15:00 UTC