Your Route to Real News

All news on the topic: National Living Wage

1413
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
631
National living wage rise could mean stickier inflation, economists warn
The 9.8% rise in the UK minimum wage will be another obstacle for policy makers trying to get inflation to stay down at target levels but it could boost spending across the economy, according to some economists
901
HMRC issues 'check your pay' warning to thousands of Brits ahead of Christmas
HMRC says seasonal staff and students on short-term contracts working in shops, hotels, Christmas markets, garden centres, restaurants and warehouses, are legally entitled to the same minimum wage rates as other permanent workers
674
Exact date millions of workers across UK will get £1,000 pay boost
The National Living Wage is the legal minimum wage businesses pay workers aged 23 and over for each hour they work. Currently, the rate of pay stands at £10.42 an hour - but from next year this will rise to £11
1459
Half a million workers across the UK handed pay rise today after major change
The Living Wage Foundation said its rates will increase from £10.90 to £12 an hour outside of London, and from £11.95 to £13.15 an hour inside the capital
401
Inflation-busting pay rise announced for 460,000 low-paid workers - see rates
The Living Wage Foundation today releases its annual rates - and the inflation-busting hike will help boost the budgets of hundreds of thousands struggling in the cost of living crisis
1361
Foodbank heartache as two in five lowest-paid workers forced to rely on handouts
Grim research shows how 39% of people earning less than the Real Living Wage of £10.90 an hour turned to foodbanks in the past month amid the cost-of-living crisis
1073
£15-an-hour wage for carers would deliver £7.7bn economic boost - see your area
Workers' leaders today demand a pay hike for carers in a move aimed at filling the 165,000 vacancies blighting the sector and easing gender and race pay gaps
621
Voters demand pay boost for struggling carers to make them equal with NHS staff
A petition calls on the Government to place care workers on Band 3 of the NHS's national pay scheme - giving carers a much-needed salary hike
1274
Bid to boost social carers' pay and ease chronic crisis clears first stage
A Labour backbencher's Bill to enforce rules around carers being paid for travel time has passed its first Commons hurdle - and is due to back in front of MPs in six months
1297
Difference between minimum pay and Real Living Wage 'worth 14 weeks of food'
The analysis comes from the Living Wage Foundation as the Government's legal pay floor rises on Saturday - sparking calls for companies to go even further if they can afford to
1488
Hike sick pay in line with wages so ill workers can take time off, voters demand
General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress Paul Nowak says millions of people get just £99-a-week - 'nothing like what a family needs to get by'
618
Primark giving 26,000 shop workers a pay rise from April - see new hourly rates
Primark said the wage increase follows the retailer's plan announced last November of investing at least £140million in the UK high street over the next two years
1284
Most pension savers fear they will never be able to even retire, poll shows
The study comes as the Living Pension scheme is launched by the fair pay campaigners behind the Real Living Wage crusade
1290
Supermarket staff pay ranked - including Tesco, Morrisons, Aldi and Asda
Calls for wage increases have come from the retail and hospitality sectors as workers' pay is solely based on the hours they work and some supermarkets have listened
1111
Boost for 45,000 workers as firms sign up to 'Living Hours' pledge
The scheme, devised by the Living Wage Foundation, aims to provide staff with a guaranteed minimum number of hours each week - and "decent" notice of cancellations
1458
Paying carers Real Living Wage could help ease NHS crisis, say campaigners
The Living Wage Foundation believes lifting the pay of tens of thousands of care workers could encourage more staff into the sector, relieving pressure on the health service