What is it about?
This is an evaluation of the development of the Living wage in the United Kingdom. It traces the history of the Low Pay Commission and the National Minimum Wage and if the Low Pay Commission and evaluates how the rate of pay can be established and is sufficient to live.
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Why is it important?
The establishment of the increases in the national Minimum Wage from 2015 until 2020 set a rate for over 25 year olds and is still below the rate calculated by the Living wage Foundation to live. This research evaluates how local government rates and sub-contractors have increased the rate of pay due to union campaigns by the General Municipal and Boilermakers Union (GMB), Unison and Unite. The evidence compares the links between community and union campaigning to achieve a hourly pay rate above the national minimum wage.
Perspectives
This research is important as it argues the Government's increases of the national minimum wage from 2016-2020 still excludes younger workers aged less than 25 and has developed a complex system of multiple payment rates and highlights the dramatic effect of union campaigning to increase rates of pay for low paid workers working in schools, cleaning and catering. It also highlights the community involvement in pay campaigns for low paid workers. The evaluation of the different methods to increase pay for the lowest paid workers by reviewing alternative initiatives to fund the increases.
Dr Peter J Prowse
Sheffield Hallam University
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This page is a summary of: The Living Wage - Policy And Practice, Industrial Relations Journal, March 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/irj.12132.
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