Brewdog has announced it will stop paying the real living wage to new employees.
A new National Living Wage of £11 per hour is to be launched in April 2024, giving HR and payroll professionals a number of tasks to complete before the new financial year.
Nearly a third (32%) of working adults in the UK are given less than a week’s notice of their working hours, research published by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) has found.
Over 200 employers were named and shamed by the government last week (December 9) for failing to pay staff the national minimum wage.
Employers paying below the National Minimum Wage only stand to be found out once every 500 years.
Inflation may rise as high as 5% next year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned, putting a squeeze on living standards for many employees.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged to address the UK's economic vulnerabilities through a mixed programme of heavy investment and increased taxation.