
Britain’s jobs market is at its least optimistic for three years due to “shockwaves” caused by Chancellor George Osborne’s national living wage, a new report has said. Employment firm Manpower surveyed 2,100 employers, finding that many were scaling back plans
by Nick Hallett8 Sep 2015, 5:54 AM PST0

Rogue businesses that fail to pay staff the new national living wage will face fines of up to £20,000, David Cameron has warned. In a crackdown on non-compliance, the prime minister has vowed to ensure employers “pay the price” if they
by Simon Kent1 Sep 2015, 5:51 AM PST0

Yesterday it was supermarket chain ASDA. Today it is the health care sector. Barely months after the Tories announced the introduction of a national living wage, another casualty of what looks certain to be a dramatic rise in labour costs has
by Simon Kent20 Aug 2015, 3:49 AM PST0

Small businesses are already struggling to survive the spate of minimum wage increases to $15 per hour in parts of California.
by William Bigelow17 Aug 2015, 3:37 PM PST0

Free market think tanks have denounced “left wing” Tory plans to hike the minimum wage to £9 an hour as “intellectually bankrupt.” They accused the government of knowingly sacrificing jobs and “putting politics ahead of good policy.” By the government’s own prediction
by Liam Deacon9 Jul 2015, 2:55 AM PST0

The Irvine City Council voted 4 to 1 to begin dumping an eight-year-old “Living Wage” ordinance on Wednesday night that forces most of the city’s thousands of contractors to pay all employees at least $13.34 an hour.
by Chriss W. Street28 May 2015, 2:14 PM PST0