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Uber and Lyft will pay drivers $32.50 an hour in landmark US settlement
'Today's agreement holds Uber and Lyft accountable, and provides their drivers, for the very first time in Massachusetts, guaranteed minimum pay, paid sick leave, occupational accident insurance, and health care stipends'
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Bar owner Nightcap plans to quit stock market and issues profit warning
Nightcap, which runs bar chains including Dirty Martini and the Cocktail Club, said that its valuation 'does not reflect' its potential and that it would re-register as a private company
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'Here's what Labour super-majorities have done for us'
Social security, gay rights, abortion, divorce, civil partnerships, the abolition of capital punishment... the list of what a massive Labour majority can achieve means it's something only the Tories are frightened of
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Nigel Farage left 'rattled' in 'car crash' GMB interview - 'embarrassing'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faced a fierce showdown with GMB presenters Susanna Reid and Ed Balls as his pledge to help the poorest in society was quickly debunked
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'Labour’s New Deal for Working People is our plan to boost wages'
Writing in the Mirror, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner says the minimum wage introduced by her party was a 'lifeline' for her when she worked in social care
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Kate's minimum wage job before royal life that she was 'terrible' at
Princess Kate had a very normal job before marrying into the Royal Family, one she admits to being 'terrible' at. She took the role to earn some extra money at university
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Starmer urged to 'ignore voices of doom' and stick to workers' rights shake-up
Labour's powerful regional leaders, including Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan, Tracy Brabin, Dan Norris, Oliver Coppard, Nik Johnson and Steve Rotheram, said the blueprint was critical for ordinary Brits
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Martin Lewis warning as 365,000 workers are being underpaid - how to check
From April 1 this year, the rates for National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates both rose and Martin has urged workers to check their payslips to make sure they have received the rise
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'Labour's Frank Field was independent and awkward but a champion of the people'
The Mirror's Paul Routledge writes about the life of Frank Field, the former Labour MP and minister who died on April 23 after suffering with a terminal illness
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Union's strike threat as council workers 'left with no choice' over pay dispute
Unison, the union representing 85,000 council workers, has accused local government body Cosla of 'learning nothing' from significant industrial action which closed schools last year
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'Vote Boris, and you get sexting, scandals and the Fall of Rome'
Boris has long left Parliament and has no involvement whatsoever in the current scandal, but has nevertheless got his sticky fingers all over it, says Fleet Street Fox.
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Millions of workers due pay rise from today as minimum wage increases
The National Living Wage for those aged over 21 will increase from £10.42 an hour to £11.44 an hour, while the National Minimum Wage for people aged 18 to 20 is going up from £7.49 to £8.60
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Big name retailers disappear from High Street leaving 500,000 jobs at risk
In 14 years of Conservative rule, 586 chains have plunged into administration, affecting 29,959 stores and 460,038 staff according to the experts at the Centre for Retail Research
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Ministers spend £900,000 with P&O Ferries since 'appalling' sacking scandal
On the anniversary of the scandal, which saw hundreds of employees sacked without prior consultation, Labour has warned little to nothing has been done to prevent a repeat of it
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Businessman 'drops pants and threatens to kill staff' in Lamborghini yacht row
Entrepreneur Ajay Thakore tried to dock his yacht in a private area - and when he was stopped by staff he threatened to kill them and exposed himself
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Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel confesses to surprisingly low awards night salary
Hollywood talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is once again hosting this year's Oscars, with his payment topping up his eye-watering $50million fortune
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Tesco workers angry as pay rise delay leaves staff earning under minimum wage
Tesco pledged to increase the minimum pay for shop workers from £11.02 an hour to £12.02 in April however there is a delay in when it will be introduced which could leave many workers paid less than they should
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Tesco pay rise as supermarket to increase basic pay for workers to £12.02
Tesco to give 330,000 workers a pay rise of 9.1% in £300m investment
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Man moves from UK to Thailand and vows never to return
Riyan Ruparelia, 22, bought a one-way ticket and flew to Bangkok, Thailand, in January 2023 and plans to travel the country before finding somewhere to settle down
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Millions of workers set for pay boost next month as minimum wage to rise
The National Living Wage will increase from £10.42 an hour to £11.44 an hour, while the National Minimum Wage for people aged 18 to 20 is going up from £7.49 to £8.60
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Marks & Spencer announces pay rise for 40,000 staff in "biggest ever investment"
The group said it was spending £89 million on increasing pay for UK customer assistants across its food and clothing shops from £10.90 an hour to £12 an hour from April 1.
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Wetherspoons cut staff discount days after boss receives a knighthood
In response, Wetherspoons said it still offered all employees a complimentary meal and drink while on duty - even for shifts that are as short as two hours
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500 employers caught failing to pay minimum wage - see full list
The Government has released a list of 524 companies that failed to pay the minimum wage to some staff, with around 172,000 workers affected at employers such as Greggs, easyJet, Mitchells & Butlers and Staffline
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New mums 'skipping meals or returning to work early' due to stingy maternity pay
A quarter (25%) of women on maternity leave say they have gone without eating – sometimes all day – so they can afford to feed their families, according to a grim survey
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Should food delivery drivers strike on Valentine's Day - vote in our poll
Thousands of Valentine’s Day daters will be unable to order food takeout today as delivery drivers are staging a mass walkout over working conditions and low pay