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Wage growth slowed according to the latest figures published today (January 16) but pay is still outpacing inflation. Average weekly wage growth, which excludes bonuses, slid to 6.6 per cent in three months to November from 7.3 per cent in the previous month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported. But with inflation falling more […]
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The real value of workers’ pay keeps on nosediving, with the latest figures showing the fastest fall in real wages since 2009 as inflation continues to outpace wage rises. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published on Tuesday (April 18) showed that yearly growth in average pay stayed at 6.6 per […]
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Unite has secured a pay rise worth 11.5 per cent for around 700 Princes Group food workers. The workers at four sites, located in Glasgow, Bradford, Cardiff and Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, will receive a 7 per cent pay rise backdated to April 2022 plus a £750 one off payment. The deal was negotiated without the […]
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New data has shown that the value of UK workers’ wages has fallen at the fastest rate in over 20 years this June. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the real value of workers’ wages, measured against skyrocketing inflation, has fallen by 3 per cent in the three months to […]
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New inflation figures published today (April 13) reveal that the CPI inflation rate has soared to 7 per cent in the year to March, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The latest…Read more…
Real wages have fallen by 1 per cent in the three months to February – the steepest drop since 2014 – according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The…Read more…
Fat cats at the UK’s biggest firms are still raking in 117 times more than the average worker, despite on overall drop in their pay. New analysis by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and…Read more…
More than a decade on from the financial crisis, wages have still not fully recovered, with the average worker £17 a week worse off than they were in 2009. Nurses and teachers were among the…Read more…
An increase in pay growth over the last 12 months belies rocketing in-work poverty and wage levels that are still below those seen before the financial crisis, Unite has warned. Weekly…Read more…
The average worker has lost nearly £12,000 in real earnings since the financial crisis a decade ago, new research has shown. A report from the TUC found that in some parts of the country,…Read more…
Any hopes of an economic boost were dashed today (November 13) as new figures revealed an unexpected rise in unemployment, while earnings barely rose against a backdrop of languishing productivity….Read more…
Four in ten people have less than £6.60 per day to spend on themselves after their bills have been paid, a survey by the Nationwide Building Society has found. In the UK people have on…Read more…
Young people in the South West are struggling in low-paid, insecure jobs as their older peers fare better, according to new TUC research showing a growing generational pay gap. The wage gap…Read more…
Average wages are still £13 a week lower than 10 years ago, according to new analysis from an economic think tank. Research from the Resolution Foundation shows average earnings in real terms…Read more…
There’s no end in sight for UK workers’ wage pain – wage growth slowed yet again in June according to yesterday’s latest labour market figures – but for top chief executives, who have seen their pay…Read more…
Low-wage work has for many people become a sinkhole from which there may be no escaping, new research has shown. One in five people who were in low-paid roles a decade ago are still barely…Read more…
It’s been nearly a decade of Tory-driven austerity and working families across Britain have endured assault after assault — to their pay, to their terms and conditions, to their public…Read more…
Tis’ the season where advertising for Christmas gifts and festive food goes into overdrive – unfortunately the same can’t be said for people’s frozen wages. Office for National Statistics…Read more…
Two out of three workers at Premier Inn, the UK’s biggest budget hotel chain, are regularly missing out on their rest breaks and not getting paid what they are owed, a snap poll by Unite has…Read more…
Sluggish wage growth is set to accelerate next year, according to a report by the Bank of England’s regional agents. Unite said if potential pay increases were realised it would be “good news…Read more…