DEBATE: Do we need more regulation and a ‘post-pandemic settlement’ to protect low-paid workers? Do we need a 'post-pandemic settlement' to protect low-paid workers? Do we need more regulation and a ‘post-pandemic settlement’ to protect low-paid workers? Hannah Slaughter, economist at the Resolution Foundation, says YES. Low-paid workers have been at the heart of the crisis. They are three times more likely to have stopped working as high earners, and are twice as likely to have put their health [...]