Families to lose $21,000 over next four years as cost of living outpaces wage growth

Wages will keep falling for the next four years with ballooning cost of living expected to outpace salary increases and leave families thousands worse off Families set to be $21,000 worse off as cost of living outpaces wage growth Couple with $170,000 salary, $3,800 worse off this year and $4,300 next year  Labor deputy leader … Read more

More than two million Australian workers will now receive wage increase

More than two million Australian workers win an $18.80-a-week wage increase – so do you fall into the bracket? 2.2 million Australians on minimum wage are set to get an increase in their pay The industrial umpire decided low income earners should get 2.5 per cent more  The Fair Work Commission made the ruling after … Read more

Boost for 2.2million Australian workers handed a new wage increase – are you due a pay rise?

Boost for 2.2million Australian workers as they’re handed a new wage increase – so are YOU due a pay rise? 2.2 million Australians on minimum wage set to find out if they get a pay rise On Wednesday the industrial umpire will decide if their pay packets will change The Fair Work Commission will broadcast … Read more

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern raises minimum wage and increases its tax on the rich to 39%

New Zealand raises its minimum wage to $20 an hour and increases its tax on the rich as Jacinda Ardern carries through with her election promise The changes will impact up to 175,000 of the nation’s lowest earning workers Kiwis working a 40-hour week on minimum wage will pocket an extra $44 a week New … Read more

UK minimum wage increases 2.2%, with pay rise for 2m low-paid workers

Pay hike for 2million low-paid workers as minimum wage increases today by 2.2%… more than £300 extra a year for full time staff The National Living Wage rises by 2.2 per cent to £8.91 per hour from Thursday The boost is the equivalent of £345 extra per year for someone working full time The rate … Read more

Pay hike for 2million low-paid workers as minimum wage increases today by 2.2%

Pay hike for 2million low-paid workers as minimum wage increases today by 2.2%… more than £300 extra a year for full time staff The National Living Wage rises by 2.2 per cent to £8.91 per hour from Thursday The boost is the equivalent of £345 extra per year for someone working full time The rate … Read more

Drones drafted in to wage war on beach litter as council uses them to create real-time map of waste

Drones are drafted in to wage war on beach litter as local council uses eye-in-the-sky to create real-time map of waste hotspots  Drones are being used by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council The aim it to speed up the council’s response to rubbish left behind by visitors  The Daily Mail helping to launch Keep Britain … Read more

Carers who sleep at their workplace overnight are NOT entitled to the minimum wage for whole shift

Carers who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight are not entitled to the minimum wage for their whole shift, the Supreme Court has ruled. Claire Tomlinson-Blake, a Mencap support worker in the East Riding of Yorkshire, appealed against a Court of Appeal ruling that carers are only entitled to … Read more

Uber drivers win right to minimum wage and paid holidays

Uber drivers yesterday won the right to a minimum wage and paid holidays – sparking fears that the firm could pass on costs to passengers. In a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the ‘gig economy’, the Supreme Court ruled the ride-hailing giant’s drivers should be classed as ‘workers’. Uber – which may have to pay … Read more

Gary Lineker is accused of ‘mocking the poor’ with tweet on ‘taking a pay cut’ from his £1.3m wage

BBC star Gary Lineker was today accused of mocking the poor after joking about his £1.3million salary over an increase to the cost of the broadcaster’s licence fee. The former England player, 60, responded to news of the hike from £157.50 to £159 with ‘But, but I’ve just taken a pay cut’ and a zany … Read more