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  • 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.

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    UK employment
    UK workers given less than week’s notice of shifts, study shows

    Living Wage Foundation calls for urgent action on job security for low-paid employees

  • Friday, 26 March, 2021
    FT Magazine
    ‘My feeling when I was making the pictures was anger’

    Andy Sewell’s photos capture the food banks feeding the hungry during the coronavirus crisis

  • Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
    Sarah O'Connor
    Sometimes sleeping on the job should be paid too

    Two court cases reveal the UK’s inconsistency in defining ‘work’ and providing fair remuneration

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