Men could be facing a “tsunami” of unemployment as the prolonged impacts of the coronavirus recession transitions from female- to male-dominated industries, according to analysis released by Labor frontbencher Clare O’Neil.
Ms O’Neil used a speech to the McKell Institute think tank on Monday to warn male workers are becoming increasingly impacted by the fallout of the recession as the economic crisis evolves.
Female workers were initially hardest hit by business shutdowns forced by the coronavirus pandemic and government lockdowns.
Labor’s spokesperson for the Future of Work Clare…
