The April 2021 uplift in the national living wage rate was more modest than has been seen previously, but some employers are struggling to keep pace with the statutory wage floor. We investigate the impact of the latest rise and what businesses hope for in future rate reviews.
From January 2010, the average earnings index was replaced by the average weekly earnings series as the Office for National Statistics' official measure of earnings growth. Here we explain how to use the statistics, and what they tell us about what is happening to pay growth.
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