National living wage

Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines....

As the national living wage rate increases by more than 6%, the economic uncertainty posed by the coronavirus means the...

The government should delay next month’s rise in the national living wage in order to protect jobs in the midst...

The Low Pay Commission has been tasked ensuring that the national living wage reaches two-thirds of median earnings by 2024....

HM Revenue & Customs’ policing of the national living wage and national minimum wage has identified a record amount of...

The government has abandoned its previously “pedantic” regime.

NHS trust moves to 'insource' 1,000 cleaners, porters and catering staff previously on minimum wage.

The new year begins with a new government, the prospect of Brexit and a number of employment law developments already...

Sanctions for failing to pay staff the national minimum wage are not tough enough and there needs to be a...

From the start of April low paid workers will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage that is four times the rate of inflation, in what the prime minister has called the “the biggest ever cash boost” to the legal pay floor.

The average pay rise awarded to employees increased slightly in the three months to the end of October, according to...

Increases in the national minimum wage pledged in the general election could be a “gamble” and will inadvertently benefit middle-...

As younger workers' minimum wage rates look likely to increase, Johnny Runge examines the reality of how employers pay, for example, a 25-year-old versus a 24-year-old.

Increases to national minimum wage rates should not be expected to “end” low pay and will need to be supported...

The timing of the general election may present real problems for employers with a 1 January pay review date.
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