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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.

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

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

Commenting on the 360 employers named and shamed today (Wednesday) by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for failing to pay the national minimum wage, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “This list fails to shame the larger care firms who are equally guilty of denying staff a fair wage. Those in the spotlight today are just […]

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

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 […]

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.

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

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

New minimum wage rates come into force across UK, including ‘national living wage’

UNISON calls for living wage and an end to age discrimination ‘built into’ minimum wage