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The new collection of essays looks at how the minimum wage could evolve

Speakers highlight how national minimum wage and national living wage rates are not keeping up with inflation, and say that poor sick pay means sick workers going to work

Extra cash is little comfort after universal credit cut and national insurance rise

Labour’s move to close legal loophole is welcome

Call comes after the government ‘names and shames’ companies in England and Wales for flouting minimum wage legislation

New minimum pay rates come into force for many key workers, including care staff

The acclaimed director and his writer Paul Laverty speak about ‘Sorry We Missed You’, about a care worker and a delivery driver at the end of their tether

UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage

Twenty years on from the bold, landmark decision to establish a National Minimum Wage, it is time for a new landmark – a real Living Wage for all, regardless of age, that everyone in work can afford to live on. Doing so would meet the original aim of the National Minimum Wage – a decent salary for all. And that is what our union will continue to fight for.

Union says stewards need to make sure employers are paying the proper amounts when the new wage rates come into force on 1 April

Instead, any extra money would go straight into Treasury coffers, and not into the pay packets of those who have earned it. The universal credit system, which is […]

Industrial action vote follows offer of 2% – well below Agenda for Change agreement – for workers transferred to NHS subco

Wholly-owned subsidiary pays staff less than directly-employed workers after failing to implement NHS pay rise

‘We believe the Court of Appeal got this decision completely wrong and will do everything we can to reverse it’

UNISON is looking for people who are on the national minimum wage – currently £7.50 an hour – and who also get universal credit