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    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Personal pensions
      Employers urged to boost UK staff pension pots

      Living Wage Foundation warns of future crisis affecting millions

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      UK employment
      UK council workers’ pay offer adds to pressure on ministers

      About 1.5mn low-paid local government employees offered wage uplift worth more than 20% over two years

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      Oren Cass
      Ordinary Americans are counting the cost of thriving

      Economic data disguises just how hard it has become to sustain a middle-class lifestyle

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      J Sainsbury PLC
      Sainsbury’s raises hourly pay to £11

      Move will cost retailer £185mn over course of a financial year

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Tim Harford answers your absurd hypothetical questions

      What would happen if tax wasn’t a thing and other burning queries

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Katherine Chapman
      Decent pay gives us healthy, productive workers

      The business case for better pay and secure hours is compelling — improved recruitment, retention, employee relations and reputational enhancement

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      UK employment
      Proportion of UK workers on low pay at lowest level since 1997

      ONS data reflect effect of sharp rises in minimum wage since 2016 but confirm stagnation in average earnings

    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      UK employers urged to give workers early pay boost

      Highest-ever increase in voluntary ‘living wage’ brought forward because of cost of living crisis

    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Aldi
      Aldi increases warehouse staff pay by 9% in challenge to rivals

      Move comes as discounters and big grocers compete for distribution workers

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      Aldi
      Aldi raises UK store staff pay as living costs soar

      Second increase this year shows pressures facing supermarkets

    • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
      Low Pay Commission
      Leicester garment factories still exploiting staff, study finds

      Low Pay Commission urges UK government to do more to prevent abuses that continue despite clampdown

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      Helen Thomas
      Where the Sainsbury’s pay defence doesn’t add up

      The supermarket’s generally laudable position on ‘colleague’ pay glosses over the lowest-paid workers

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      EU employment
      EU agrees deal to ensure fair minimum wages for workers

      Framework to set adequate salaries will assess prices of household items and promote collective bargaining

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      Lex
      J Sainsbury/wages: business case for higher wages weaker than moral one Premium content

      Supermarkets operating on razor-thin margins will note there is no hard evidence to show better pay improves productivity

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      Management
      Cost of living crisis: employers step in to help

      Business leaders start to target more support towards lower-paid staff

    • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
      UK ‘living wage’ increase to be brought forward to September

      Foundation that sets pay level for low paid workers says move due to the ‘unprecedented’ rate at which prices are rising

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Sarah O'Connor
      Why a higher UK minimum wage fails to spur productivity

      A British experiment ended up with companies accepting lower profits, charging more or cutting investment

    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
      Rise in UK minimum wage helped narrow inequality but failed to lift productivity

      Low Pay Commission finds uplift did not boost poorest workers’ incomes because of freezes and tapering of benefits as earnings rose

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      Transport
      P&O rival backs UK plans to force ferries to pay minimum wage

      DFDS chief warns economics of running cross-Channel services becoming unsustainable

    • Friday, 22 April, 2022
      News in-depthUK retail industry
      British supermarkets battle rising wages as pandemic resets market

      Staff shortages force UK grocers to increase hourly rates and find savings elsewhere

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      LexP&O Ferries
      P&O/UK employment law: flexibility is no excuse for poor enforcement Premium content

      Failures not only harm workers but put good employers at risk of being undercut by bad ones

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      Sarah O'Connor
      The P&O debacle shows that UK labour law needs an overhaul

      There are too many loopholes and grey areas that unscrupulous employers can exploit

    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      Moral Money
      New number-crunching sheds light on diversity debate Premium content

      Plus, UK investors push for supermarket pay rises and Goldman Sachs demands companies disclose GHG emissions

    • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
      Global InsightDelphine Strauss
      Minimum wage increases not enough to shield poorest from rising prices

      Contrary to 2008 crisis, governments are not shying away from increasing base pay but there are other tools

    • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
      Over 200 UK companies named and shamed for failing to pay minimum wage

      Businesses face nearly £2m in penalties after 12,000 workers were paid less than statutory entitlement

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