Retail
Low Pay Commission hails effect of national living wage rises
Up to five million workers this year saw their pay rise after increases to the national living wage (NLW) were...
Sir Philip Green named as businessman in sexual and racial harassment scandal
Billionaire named as the man at the centre of the "British #MeToo" scandal...
Asda awaits latest judgment in equal pay case
An appeals court hearing concludes today in another episode of the long-running Asda supermarket equal pay case.
The three-day hearing...
Amazon increases minimum pay above voluntary Living Wage
Amazon is to increase its minimum wage in excess of the level recommended by the Living Wage Foundation for almost...
Thousands of Tesco staff join new equal pay claim
More than 8,000 workers have signed up to a new equal pay claim being brought against Tesco, which has been...
Record number of workers on national minimum wage being underpaid
HM Revenue and Customs identified a record £15.6m in national minimum wage underpayment in 2017/18.
More than 200,000 workers were...
Homebase rescued but 1,500 jobs face axe
Homebase creditors have voted in favour of a company voluntary agreement (CVA) that will see 42 of its branches closing...
House of Fraser rescue deal collapses with 17,000 jobs at stake
A deal that would have saved 28 of 59 House of Fraser stores has broken down as investor pulls out...
Retail sector employee levels set to stagnate further
Nearly a fifth of retailers are preparing to shed employees, and more than half do not expect staffing levels to...
Tesco staff file 1,000 equal pay claims
One thousand former and current Tesco employees have lodged claims for equal pay, according to the law firm handling the...
Aldi and Lidl employees “coming home” if England make the final
Budget supermarkets Aldi and Lidl are hoping they haven’t scored an own goal by allowing employees to leave early this...
National living wage rises will hit head office, not shop floor
Rises in the national living wage will cause job losses at retail head offices, rather than in customer-facing roles, a...
Clarks boss gets the boot after behaviour ‘fell short’
The boss of iconic shoemaker Clarks has resigned after the British company said his behaviour had fallen short of the...
House of Fraser to close half its stores
One of the UK's leading department stores, House of Fraser, is to close in 31 of its 59 locations including its flagship shop on London’s Oxford Street...
