Living Wage

Last month's most frequently asked HR questions included queries around the 'real' Living Wage and the national living wage.

A 6.7% hike in the national living wage for 2025 has been confirmed ahead of the Budget, while the national minimum wage rises by 16.3%.

Living Wage rate 2024-25: The rate recommended by the Living Wage Foundation has gone up to £12.60 across the UK, and £13.85 in London.

More than 2m are left with less than £10 a week after spending on essentials, according to the Living Wage Foundation.

Card Factory blames a slump in profits on its escalating costs, including a hike in national minimum wage rates.

2025 national living wage rates should rise in line with median earnings and NMW rate for 18-20 year olds should close gap 'year by year'.

More than 15,000 UK employers have now signed up to pay the ‘real’ Living Wage, double the number from three years ago.

Supermarket chain Aldi is to increase hourly pay for store assistants and deputy store managers from 1 June.

Tesco pay rises by 9.1% as it reaches agreement with the Usdaw union to take the supermarket's hourly pay above the 2024 ‘real’ Living Wage. 

The Office for National Statistics recorded 3.7 million UK jobs paid below the real Living Wage in April 2023, 200,000 more than a year earlier.

BrewDog has withdrawn from the 'real' Living Wage, but are there legal implications to this decision?

Capita has become the latest employer to withdraw from the 'real' Living Wage scheme.

BrewDog has withdrawn from the voluntary 'real' Living Wage scheme, causing anger among staff and union members.

After it was announced the national living wage would go up by almost 10%, some businesses have called the rise unsustainable. But should they be paying more anyway?

Ikea is set to award its salaried employees a 5% pay rise in 2024, as well as adopting the new Living Wage rates for its hourly-paid staff.