The living wage has risen to £8.75 an hour across the UK and £10.20 an hour in London
The living wage has risen to £8.75 an hour across the UK and £10.20 an hour in London
One in ten council workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are paid below the living wage, according to an analysis from UNISON released today (Friday). Ahead of the Living Wage Foundation’s living wage week, UNISON is calling on the government to fund councils so they can become living wage employers. If it did, it […]
“We will require care workers to be paid the living wage and end the business models that rely on exploitative zero hours contracts.” Focusing on youth Mr Burnham’s […]
“We will require care workers to be paid the living wage and end the business models that rely on exploitative zero hours contracts.” Focusing on youth Mr Burnham’s […]
New minimum wage rates come into force across UK, including ‘national living wage’
“We will require care workers to be paid the living wage and end the business models that rely on exploitative zero hours contracts.” Mr Burnham, who is the MP for the region’s […]
If the government wants to spend money on tackling low pay, there are better alternatives – like real legal enforcement of the minimum wage to penalise unscrupulous employers and introducing a living wage low-paid workers can actually live on, a legal minimum wage worthy of the name.
UNISON calls for living wage and an end to age discrimination ‘built into’ minimum wage
The trust’s figures show that delays and changes to benefits account for 44% of all referrals to its food banks. After benefits problems, low […]
UNISON welcomes accreditation for latest Scottish council
This year it’s more important than ever to make a noise about the real living wage – a wage people can actually afford to live on – and callgon the government to put its money where its legislation is on low pay.
Health and social care partnership commits to achieving fair work, better pay and improved quality of care on eve of Living Wage Week
UNISON welcomes increase to £8.45 (outside London) and £9.75 (London) an hour at start of Living Wage Week
Living Wage Week runs from Sunday 5 to Saturday 11 November this year. The new rate for the UK is £8.75 per hour, and for London it is £10.20 per hour. Living Wage Week takes place each year during the first week of November. It is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the work undertaken […]
UNISON reasserts the ‘ultimate goal’ for UK minimum wage policy, in its submission to the Low Pay Commission