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£2,300 rise | Cost of employing low-wage workers to hit record high in 2025
It will cost businesses £2,367 more to employ a full-time worker on the minimum...
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'Reduced our turnover' | Be like West Ham Utd & IKEA: Why more employers should sign up to voluntary living wage schemes
Why firms should be more like West Ham Utd & IKEA...
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£4.87 an hour | Loophole sees P&O Ferries staff paid less than half of UK minimum wage
A legal loophole which was due to be axed two years ago is still being used to pay...
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HMRC investigation | Greggs, EasyJet & Harrods among firms named for minimum wage violations
Over 500 of the UK's biggest companies have been named by the Government for failing...
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‘An own goal’ | BrewDog axing real living wage is a 'disastrous employee relations misstep'
BrewDog's move to scrap its real living wage offering could be a "tactical error",...
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Workforce adaptability | How to achieve workforce flexibility the right way
As the government is urged to ban zero hours contracts by the TUC (Trades Union Congress),...
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'Stark reminder' | WHSmith & Argos among firms who didn't pay minimum wage
Major British firms have cited technical and admin errors as the reasons for not...
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Wage rises and tax cuts | What do staff want from this week's 'mini Budget'?
The Prime Minister and Chancellor have been urged to raise the National Minimum Wage...
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A question of ethics | Sainsbury's CEO pay soars as the supermarket rejects living wage calls
Sainsbury's has revealed that the pay of its CEO, Simon Roberts, has tripled to...
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Trial shifts | How to understand if you need to offer employment rights
With many employers looking to recruit at volume as the pandemic enters a new phase,...
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'Greater security' | Real Living Wage rise takes effect - what HR needs to know
The Real Living Wage within the UK is set to increase, as over 300,000 people working...
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Minimum wage scandal | John Lewis & Pret among firms 'named and shamed' for underpaying workers by £2m
Almost 200 UK firms have been named in a new Government report for paying staff less...
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Christmas | 18% of UK staff don't get paid extra for working Christmas Day
Instead of tucking into turkey and opening presents, these employees will be...
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Money talks | More than 6 million jobs pay less than 'real' living wage despite incentives
The Living Wage helped benchmark...
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London cleaners strike for National Living Wage
'We are going on strike so we can live, not just survive,' one of the strikers s...
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The UK cities underpaying their workers REVEALED
With the main motivator to jump ship often being money, there could be a candidate...
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Employers failing to pay minimum wage named and shamed
Card Factory, Home Bargains and Bristol City FC are among offenders...
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Generational pay gap is creating a 'lost' cohort of younger workers
Are modern employment models failing younger workers?
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TGI Friday's to face industrial action over staff tip concerns
The proposed change to tipping has prompted anger across waiting...
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Brits set to benefit from biggest pay rise in 10 years
Inflation, higher pension contributions & retention difficulties are pushing up....
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