high-paid
low-paid
noun
ukus
 the low-paid[ plural ]
people who do not earn much money:
Policies like tax cuts for the low-paid have made the party popular with voters.

Examples of low-paid

low-paid
As a result of the drop in income of low-paid workers, there will be increased poverty amongst the working poor.
This 'gendered loop' appears to offer a way of tackling poverty but may, in fact, promote low-paid short-term employment.
There has been a trade-off between 'subsidised' low-paid employment and unemployment.
It has led many low-paid employees to waste their contributions on financial products unlikely to provide an adequate pension.
While certainly not conclusive, these results are consistent with the view that few firms pay higher benefits to low-paid employees because of nondiscrimination rules.
But the chapter goes on to address a quite different question: whether poverty is likely to result from low-paid employment.
In contrast, we find most women in low-paid, low-status and unorganized occupations.
Southern leaders warned repeatedly that this would lead workers in low-paid sectors to work less or not at all.
The equal treatment approach has no effect on women's (and men's) pension rights if they are in part-time or low-paid work.
Chapters 5-8 are concerned with the 'causes of social exclusion' examining generational differences, demographic context, the impact of low-paid work, and the relationship between exclusion and neighbourhood.
Some of these industries were certainly declining, characterized as exploitative low-skilled, low-paid occupations performed by outworkers for urban-based manufacturers (handloom weaving and pillow lacemaking being good examples).
Older women from some ethnic minority groups were especially disadvantaged in this respect, for they were highly likely to have been in low-paid work or never to have been employed.
Millions of low-paid workers with large families are suffering real want and hardship and real poverty.
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