In September, MPs campaigned for more laws around AI, pension auto enrolment was extended and research found most low paid workers were using food banks.
The national minimum wage will increase by 9.8% to £11.44 an hour from April 2024.
Though job-to-job moves hit a record high in 2021, industries that struggled in the pandemic, like hospitality and leisure, have not benefitted from the reallocation of labour.
New research shows that while the majority of people (80%) say they are concerned about inequality, few agree on what, if anything, should be done about it.
With the Universal Credit (UC) cut looming next month and energy and living costs surging, low-income families need employer backing.
Labour’s promise to extend and increase sick pay to all workers has been welcomed by unions and charities.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for an urgent “economic reset” to tackle the huge class divide in Britain that it said has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Living Wage Foundation (LWF) has found 12% of the UK population, around 3.7 million people, are in low paid and insecure work.
Stagnant pay due to low productivity continues to trouble the economy, despite UK employment remaining buoyant
?Raising the minimum wage should be part of a broader approach to ending in-work poverty, the Low Pay Commission (LPC) has said
Experts welcome the government's plan to empower women in their careers and financially but warn of challenges
?Young workers are not only unaware of the rights they hold in the workplace but are less likely to belong to a trade union, according to research
