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The new collection of essays looks at how the minimum wage could evolve

Speakers highlight how national minimum wage and national living wage rates are not keeping up with inflation, and say that poor sick pay means sick workers going to work

Extra cash is little comfort after universal credit cut and national insurance rise

Labour’s move to close legal loophole is welcome

Call comes after the government ‘names and shames’ companies in England and Wales for flouting minimum wage legislation

UNISON and Mencap have written jointly to the Prime Minister today (T​uesday) calling for immediate reform of minimum wage laws affecting thousands of care workers. The letter to Boris Johnson says “action is needed urgently” to amend current rules so sleep-in shifts – where staff have to stay overnight away from home – are defined as […]

UNISON members working in the YOU Trust have received their first pay rise in over a decade thanks in part to the contributions of local UNISON reps such as Darren Hart and Stephanie Churchill who were involved in the negotiations from beginning to end. The pay deal is complex but perhaps the most striking aspect […]

New minimum pay rates come into force for many key workers, including care staff

The acclaimed director and his writer Paul Laverty speak about ‘Sorry We Missed You’, about a care worker and a delivery driver at the end of their tether

UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage

Twenty years on from the bold, landmark decision to establish a National Minimum Wage, it is time for a new landmark – a real Living Wage for all, regardless of age, that everyone in work can afford to live on. Doing so would meet the original aim of the National Minimum Wage – a decent salary for all. And that is what our union will continue to fight for.

Union says stewards need to make sure employers are paying the proper amounts when the new wage rates come into force on 1 April

The government must reverse its cuts to universal credit so that workers are allowed to keep more of the money they earn every month, says UNISON today (Thursday). Millions of workers on the minimum wage will only see a fraction of any increase, says the union, unless their monthly work allowance goes up too. This […]

Industrial action vote follows offer of 2% – well below Agenda for Change agreement – for workers transferred to NHS subco

Wholly-owned subsidiary pays staff less than directly-employed workers after failing to implement NHS pay rise