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

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.

"Local stewards will no doubt be checking that employers are compliant. The next step we want to see is a […]

Care workers owed up to six years’ back pay after being paid below the minimum wage will have to wait until October for the money they are owed after a government announcement today

“When a care firm breaks wage laws, the chances are it’s likely to cheating more than just a handful of its workers. Pay records must be checked thoroughly so all employees get the money they are […]

Titled Delivering greater security for the low paid: a collection of essays on the future of the minimum wage, the report features contributions from the Resolution Foundation, TUC, the Living Wage […]

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 […]

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1 December 2016 – 28 February 2018

UNISON and its predecessors were among the first organisations in the country to support the Living Wage. There are over 1,300 employers accredited as living wage employers by the Living Wage Foundation. The Scotland government has established the living wage within all its public sector organisations. Many UNISON service groups and regions have launched living […]

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

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

It used to take Judith Montgomery three and a half hours to earn two hours’ pay.

“Today’s pay rise will make a real difference to over a million low-paid workers across the country,” said […]

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

UNISON national minimum wage […]