National living wage

Job boards are advertising roles that pay below the UK national living wage, a new study by TUC has found.

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'.

Impact of April’s 9.8% increase to NLW continues to affect the median pay award, currently almost three percentage points above inflation.

The new Labour government's work pledges have garnered support from voters across the political spectrum, a survey for the TUC has found.

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

The April increase to the national living wage contributed an additional 1% to affected employers' overall pay bill.

Median basic pay award in the three months to the end of May 2024 increased slightly to 4.6%, according to Brightmine.

The Federation of Small Businesses has published its 'manifesto', highlighting what SMEs would like to see from the next government.

April 2024's most popular FAQs on Brightmine, formerly XpertHR, include queries around minimum wage rules and holiday pay.

Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.

Some of the UK’s largest companies ‘trying to argue that a 10% rise in minimum wage shouldn’t be covered in the rates they pay for temporary staff’.

The Low Pay Commission has recommended to the government that it moves towards expanding the National Living Wage (NLW) to anyone over-18.

The Department for Business and Trade yesterday published a list of 524 employers who have collectively left 172,000 workers a combined £16m out of pocket.

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BrewDog has withdrawn from the 'real' Living Wage, but are there legal implications to this decision?