Male workers facing 'tsunami' of unemployment after women initially worst impacted by recession

Workers are seen at a construction site in Brisbane.

Workers are seen at a construction site in Brisbane. Source: AAP

There are warnings workers in male-dominated industries such as construction and manufacturing are most in danger of losing their jobs as the coronavirus recession progresses.


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. 

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