more generously for the lower-paid
A set phrase used when advocating for larger pay raises or benefits for lower-income or lower-ranked workers, often in labor or policy contexts.
賃上げは下に厚く配分すべきだ。
Pay raises should be distributed more generously to the lower-paid.
A fixed expression combining 下 (lower) with 厚く (thickly, generously), literally 'thickly to the bottom', used idiomatically in economic and labor discussions.