Minimum Wage

Why are retail spaces shrinking across England and Wales?

Across the UK, retailers are struggling to survive. This is down to several factors: years of austerity and low wage…

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Primark, Topshop and ASOS defend practices in Parliament

Primark, Arcadia, ASOS were among some of the retailers who had executives and representatives appear before the Environmental Audit Committee…

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Amazon bows to pressure, boosts wages for US and UK staff

Amazon has increased the minimum wage for US staff to $15, after founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said he had…

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Retail found to have second highest number of underpaid staff

The retail sector was estimated to have the second highest number of staff who were paid less than minimum wage,…

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Home Bargains ‘underpaid staff £272k’

Discount retailer TJ Morris Limited, trading as Home Bargains, has failed to pay the national minimum wage to its staff…

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Amazon faces legal action over alleged ‘bogus’ self-employment

GMB, the trade union for ‘gig economy’ workers, has announced plans to bring legal action against three of Amazon’s delivery…

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Named and shamed: Underpaid retail staff among 200,000 to receive £15.6m back pay

HMRC has identified £15.6m in pay owed to more than 200,000 of the UK’s lowest paid workers, following an investigation…

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650 retail stores have closed in 2018 so far

Nearly 650 retail stores and restaurants have shut or are at risk of closure since the start of 2018. According…

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Low-skilled jobs rebadged as apprenticeships by firms, says report

Employers are relabelling low-quality, low skilled and and often low-wage roles as ‘apprenticeships’, according to a new report. As part…

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Shoe Zone, Karen Millen ‘named and shamed’ over minimum wage

Karen Millen and Shoe Zone are among the firms that have been ‘named and shamed’ by the Department of Business,…

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