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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7774

7 August 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 13
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/statistics/social
Analysis of low wages in European Union

Luxembourg, 07/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - A joint study carried out by Eurostat and the "DARES" Directorate in the French Ministry for Employment and Solidarity, analyses the low-wages in the European Union countries (except Finland and Sweden where the required data is not presently available). This study, which does not take into account employees working at least 15 hours per week and earning a salary 60% below the national average wage, shows that 15% of employees, or around 16.5 million...