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One in six workers are in insecure, low-paid jobs

Date:: 13 June 2019

One sixth of UK workers - around 5.1 million people - are in insecure, low-paid work, according to new research.

Junior doctors to vote on four-year pay deal

Date:: 12 June 2019

Junior doctors are to be balloted on whether to accept a four-year deal which will mean annual pay uplifts of 2%.

Wider NHS pension reform needed to remove overtime deterrent

Date:: 6 June 2019

Plans to offer NHS doctors more flexible pensions will need to be part of wider reforms if the government wants to stop clinicians feeling forced to reduce their hours to avoid tax difficulties, the British Medical Association has warned.

Half of staff support pay transparency to promote equality

Date:: 3 June 2019

More than half (56%) of staff would be happy for pay information to be made publicly available in order to tackle pay inequality.

Proportion of workers in low-paid roles at a 40-year low

Date:: 30 May 2019

The government is on track to eliminate low pay by the middle of the next decade, analysis has found, after the proportion of workers in low-paid roles last year fell to its lowest since 1980.

IR35: HMRC's defence of status tool is like 'climate change denial'

Date:: 23 May 2019

Campaigners have accused HM Revenue & Customs of acting in a manner "akin to climate change denial" in its defence of its Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool.

Chancellor considers world's highest minimum wage

Date:: 8 May 2019

The Chancellor is considering introducing what would become the world's highest minimum wage in a bid to end low pay and in-work poverty in the UK, it has been claimed.

Four in 10 staff unaware of paid travel time entitlement

Date:: 8 May 2019

Four in 10 workers wrongly believe they are not entitled to a minimum wage for the time they spend travelling between assignments, highlighting the need for employers to check they are fully compliant with wage rules.

Almost half a million staff paid below the legal minimum

Date:: 26 April 2019

Almost half a million people were paid less than the hourly minimum wage they were entitled to in 2017/18, according to the Low Pay Commission.

'Asylum migrants' earn less than UK-born workers

Date:: 26 April 2019

People that come to the UK as "asylum migrants" are more likely to be unemployed, earn less and work fewer hours than UK-born workers and other economic migrants, a study has revealed.

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