40% of business leaders surveyed also felt more responsible to provide job security amid Covid

Business leaders would support tougher employment laws and a higher minimum wage to protect workers from exploitation and poverty during the second wave of Covid-19, according to a report.

The Centre for Progressive Policy (CPP) said urgent legal reforms were needed in the jobs market to prevent extreme levels of financial insecurity, in-work poverty and worker exploitation during the coronavirus emergency.

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