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Minimum wage

Sainsbury’s bosses have rejected a call to become a real living wage employer
Sainsbury's supermarket
Pay

Sainsbury’s bosses have rejected a call to become a real living wage employer

Bring in £15 minimum wage to level up the North of England, says think-tank
Minimum wage

Bring in £15 minimum wage to level up the North of England, says think-tank

Buckingham Palace is offering below minimum wage pay for a live-in housekeeper
Minimum wage

Buckingham Palace is offering below minimum wage pay for a live-in housekeeper

Asked to do unpaid overtime? That’s wage theft and it could be pushing your pay below minimum wage
Cafe worker totals up a till at the end of the day
Low pay

Asked to do unpaid overtime? That’s wage theft and it could be pushing your pay below minimum wage

A new law could ban P&O Ferries from UK ports if it doesn't pay staff minimum wage
Minimum wage

A new law could ban P&O Ferries from UK ports if it doesn't pay staff minimum wage

Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on
Workers' rights

Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on

Sunak must raise minimum wage again to ease cost of living crisis, say unions 
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak runs through his Spring Statement speech in his offices in 11 Downing Street
Employment

Sunak must raise minimum wage again to ease cost of living crisis, say unions 

If Boris Johnson wants to see higher wages his government should lead by example
Prime minister Boris Johnson in an orange high vis jacket and a HS2 helmet
Paddy Bettington

If Boris Johnson wants to see higher wages his government should lead by example

These are the big high street shops named and shamed for paying below the minimum wage
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These are the big high street shops named and shamed for paying below the minimum wage

The ‘real living wage’ needed to live on is now £9.90 per hour - £2k per year more than the government's minimum wage
Minimum wage

The ‘real living wage’ needed to live on is now £9.90 per hour - £2k per year more than the government's minimum wage

Naming, shaming and failing: Punishments for firms paying below minimum wage have little impact
Shame poster held at London Fashion Week
Employment

Naming, shaming and failing: Punishments for firms paying below minimum wage have little impact

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009
Wages are at levels seen in 2009, when Gordon Brown was prime minister and Barack Obama was president. Image: London Summit
Employment

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009

£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit
Cleaner sweeps the floor inside an office building
Employment

£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit

Budget 2021: What to expect from Rishi Sunak's latest update on the UK's spending
rishi sunak
Politics

Budget 2021: What to expect from Rishi Sunak's latest update on the UK's spending

Labour members vote for £15 minimum wage and increase to statutory sick pay
Labour leader Keir Starmer stnads at a lectern at Labour conference in 2019
Employment

Labour members vote for £15 minimum wage and increase to statutory sick pay