Resetting policy in the Autumn Statement could resolve this dismal outlook for living standards. A tough economic inheritance of weaker wage growth, higher inflation and £12bn...
Oxfam has published a report which reviews Unilever’s commitment to labour rights throughout its supply chain in Vietnam. The report finds significant improvements have been made in...
As the Green Party conference began on Friday, its members have announced their determination to challenge both the government and the opposition – putting themselves forward...
Measures to increase wages for those dependent on the tea industry for their livelihood have been put forward in Malawi, after it was revealed that tea...
Responsible investment charity ShareAction is calling on Tesco, the UK’s biggest private sector employer, to pay the living wage. The issue has been moving up the...
Just 9% of UK adults say they could “realistically” live on the current minimum wage, according to a new survey. The results highlight the growing wage...
The Trussell Trust has revealed it gave out nearly a million food parcels in 2013, up from 347,000 the year before, with most food bank users...
The Low Pay Commission has recommended a 3% increase in the national minimum wage (NMW). It said that the lowest earners are now earning more, relative...
An online petition asking Amazon’s boss to pay living wages to the staff working in the company’s UK warehouses has already collected more than 40,000 signatures....
Garment factory workers in Bangladesh will have their salaries increased by 77% after business owners were persuaded by the government to improve working conditions for employees....
A new report by tax and auditing firm KPMG says that one in five workers in the UK are being paid less than the living wage,...
Liberal Democrat leaders have vowed to address working rights, including lifting minimum wage workers out of tax and action of ‘zero hour contracts’ if they win...