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Number stuck on low pay grows, as nearly 1 in 5 paid less than Real Living Wage
06 November 2017
Almost one in five workers in the UK are paid less than the Real Living Wage, new research has shown.
UK drags behind developed world on income equality for women
03 November 2017
The UK has been ranked 53rd in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report of 144 countries when it comes to economic participation and opportunity.
Govt launches scheme to ‘encourage’ employers to pay social care workers minimum wage
03 November 2017
Lifting its recent amnesty on the enforcement of minimum wage for social care employers, the government has launched a new programme to encourage providers to provide back pay to workers that have been illegally underpaid.
Seven years of austerity later, public spending has not decreased, says IFS report
01 November 2017
A new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has revealed that seven years of austerity has not accomplished its aim of reducing public spending.
NHS Chiefs beg for end to pay restraint; but Hunt demands increase in productivity
01 November 2017
The heads of health and social are bodies across the UK have written to the Chancellor outlining the urgent need for funding to the NHS and an end to pay restraint, but Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said wage rises will likely be focused on sectors that show "improved productivity".
Brexit Minister spoke in favour of scrapping EU-derived workers’ rights
01 November 2017
Brexit Minister Lord Martin Callanan has been exposed by Political Scrapbook saying EU-derived workers' rights should be scrapped.
Employers ‘using confusion over EU workers rights to exploit migrants’
27 October 2017
Employers are using EU workers' confusion over whether or not they will have a right to stay in a post-Brexit UK to exploit them, according to reports.
Lords seek govt backing to ban unpaid internships
27 October 2017
There was cross-party support in the House of Lords today for a ban on unpaid internships lasting over four weeks.
Public sector wages fall below private sector wages, shows GMB expose
23 October 2017
Figures requested by the GMB union have revealed that public sector workers' wages have fallen below those of their private sector counterparts.
Most Brits back ban on unpaid internships, poll reveals
23 October 2017
The vast majority of the UK public would back a ban on unpaid internships lasting four weeks or more, a new poll has revealed.
Parliament debates statutory Parental Bereavement Leave
23 October 2017
In its 2017 Manifesto, the Conservative Party vowed to provide additional rights for paid leave for parents who have lost a child.
Five out of six workers never escape low pay, study finds
20 October 2017
The latest report from the Social Mobility Commission has found that only one in six low-paid workers escaped onto a higher wage over the last decade.
