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    • 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

    • Monday, 15 November, 2021
      Thousands of UK companies pay ‘real’ living wage amid labour shortages

      Uptake of voluntary minimum rate is increasing at the fastest rate in a decade, says charity

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Minimum wages are not a panacea

      Pay floors are powerful tools but workers need decent conditions too

    • Monday, 25 October, 2021
      UK Budget
      Sunak to raise national living wage and end public sector pay freeze

      Chancellor to act on Low Pay Commission recommendation though full effect of changes questioned

    • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
      Martin Sandbu
      UK needs more than lip service to raise wages and productivity

      Boris Johnson says worker shortages will end when low-pay immigration does, but commitment is not a strategy

    • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
      John Lewis on ‘named and shamed’ list for breaching minimum wage

      UK government list is part of wider push to clamp down on abuses of workers’ rights

    • Sunday, 6 June, 2021
      UK employment
      Prospects for low-paid workers improve as UK economy reopens

      But Resolution Foundation report warns ministers to look beyond wage levels alone

    • Friday, 21 May, 2021
      UK employment
      Oxford colleges pay ‘unliveable’ wages despite pledge by university

      Student group finds 1,000 workers were paid below city’s living wage of £10.31 an hour

    • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
      US economy
      Biden signs executive order to raise federal minimum wage

      US president’s move to lift pay to $15-an-hour also ramps up pressure on businesses

    • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
      FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
      Chipotle: minimum wages and extra guacamole

      Maybe they’ll order the queso blanco too.

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