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  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    FT Swamp Notes
    America’s crisis of loneliness Premium content

    Frustration over the pace of technological change and our ability to control it is leading to an emotional hollowing out

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  • Tuesday, 2 April, 2024
    Ending low pay: how UK business has met demands to boost wages

    Increases to minimum rates have lifted living standards but prompted unwelcome trade-offs for employers

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  • Monday, 1 April, 2024
    Gavin Kelly
    Lessons from a quarter century of the national minimum wage

    There is a conspicuous silence about what should replace the Low Pay Commission’s target when it expires

    Mounted police lead a group of protesters at a seaside town
  • Thursday, 28 March, 2024
    UK pauses drive to raise minimum wage

    Decision will come as relief to businesses after period of rapid increases

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  • Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
    News in-depthUK economy
    Jump in UK minimum wage keeps Bank of England on alert

    Rate setters will be watching for signs of pay growth feeding inflation

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  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S joins other grocers in raising employees’ hourly pay

    FTSE 100 group will increase rate to at least £12 putting it above the national minimum wage

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  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    Brewdog Plc
    BrewDog drops pledge to pay all staff the UK living wage

    Move by country’s largest craft beer brewer points to broader cooling of wage pressures across economy

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  • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
    Pilita Clark
    How to hire the best for less

    Workers will accept lower pay at environmentally sustainable firms

  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
    UK employment
    Rising UK minimum wage helps reduce income inequality

    Surge in hiring has also boosted workers in low-paid sectors, official figures reveal

  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
    Moral Money
    Walmart and DoorDash shun UN human rights rapporteur Premium content

    Companies silent on questions about treatment of workers

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  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    UK ‘real living wage’ to jump to £12 an hour in 2024

    Double digit pay increase will directly benefit about 460,000 people at 14,000 employers

  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Sarah O'Connor
    Why don’t people leave bad jobs?

    Giving workers a bit more security might make the labour market more flexible, not less

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  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    Sarah O'Connor
    The minimum wage has passed the high inflation test

    It reduces pay inequality while employment doesn’t suffer — even if productivity is not boosted

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  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
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    US incomes: American way of thrive triggers sticker shock Premium content

    Economic indicators suggest the country is more prosperous than 50 years ago but more Americans feel pessimistic

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  • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
    Big UK retailers named and shamed for failing to pay minimum wage

    More than 200 companies fined total of £7mn for breaching rules that hit 63,000 workers

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  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
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    Why is the UK labour market so hot?

    Near-record wage growth and low unemployment are putting workers in a position of strength, data suggests

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  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    UK inflation
    Lidl pay boost underlines UK wage growth pressures

    Rising salaries could prolong the country’s bout of high inflation, warn economists

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  • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
    UK employment
    UK needs higher standards for low-paid workers, says think-tank

    Resolution Foundation calls for increase in minimum wage and job protection to match global peers

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  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    UK minimum wage to increase 9.7% in ‘real-terms pay boost’

    Low-paid workers will get a rise in April that is expected to exceed the rate of inflation

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  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Personal pensions
    Employers urged to boost UK staff pension pots

    Living Wage Foundation warns of future crisis affecting millions

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  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    UK employment
    UK council workers’ pay offer adds to pressure on ministers

    About 1.5mn low-paid local government employees offered wage uplift worth more than 20% over two years

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  • Monday, 13 February, 2023
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    Ordinary Americans are counting the cost of thriving

    Economic data disguises just how hard it has become to sustain a middle-class lifestyle

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  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
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    Sainsbury’s raises hourly pay to £11

    Move will cost retailer £185mn over course of a financial year

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  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
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    What would happen if tax wasn’t a thing and other burning queries

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    Katherine Chapman
    Decent pay gives us healthy, productive workers

    The business case for better pay and secure hours is compelling — improved recruitment, retention, employee relations and reputational enhancement

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