Sentences with phrase «national living wage which»

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The club said it pays permanent employees the Voluntary Living Wage, which is higher than the statutory national figure.

«The CIOB welcomes the rise in employment allowance to # 3,000, which will allow small firms to employ four people on the national living wage without paying any national insurance.

But Mr Corbyn cited research by Shelter, which found families on the upcoming National Living Wage would be unable to afford his so - called starter homes in 98 % of local authority areas in England.

And while companies are not legally entitled to pay more than the National Living and Minimum Wages, those which have signed up to the real Living Wage scheme have pledged to pay all workers those rates.

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Just as the Tories were forced to accept the national minimum wage, which they had once declared an apocalyptic destroyer of jobs, so all future governments will have to embrace the national living wage.

«Increasing the National Minimum Wage is a good thing, but pretending it is a Living Wage is farcical propaganda which undermines the campaign for a real Living Wage.

The interim Labour leader has insisted her party should not oppose the plans - which cut tax credits, reduce the welfare cap and introduce a «national living wage» - outright because it will not be heard on the issues it has a particular problem with.

The pledge card, which mirrors New Labour's initiative in 1997, will promise free party membership for trade unionists, the building of 1m new homes over the course of a parliament, an increase in the minimum wage funded by a cut in employers» national insurance, a cost - of - living test for every policy item and a cabinet minister to «take action for the consumer against rip - off companies».

The most popular are, predictably, the introduction of the National Living Wage and the increase in the personal tax allowance which both get overwhelming support.

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The National Living Wage as required by the UK government, which was set out in George Osborne's July Budget, is set to be # 7.20 an hour from April 2016 for people aged over 25.

But Barlow said the recent rise in the national living wage means she has lost # 54,000 from next year's budget — which would pay two teachers.

It is also worth noting that the National Living Wage is different from the Living Wage, which is voluntary and set annually by the Living Wage Foundation.

In wider developments, the Low Pay Commission has opened a consultation on national minimum and living wage rates, more details on which are in this alert.

Specifically, the Government proposes raising the current gross monthly income threshold at which full remission is available from # 1,085 to # 1,250 for a single person - broadly the gross income of a single person working full time on the current national living wage rate of # 7.20 per hour.

«This is # 5 per hour, far below the # 7.20 per hour national living wage for the over 25s which they would be entitled to if they were «workers».

Matthew Taylor, the head of the Royal Society of Arts and a former Tony Blair adviser, is planned to outline the government review and will sketch a structure obliging companies to show that a worker employed by them on a gig contract can earn at least 1.2 times more than the national living wage, which is # 7.50 an hour for over 25s.

«In these companies, if the drivers are employees, or workers, they would have a number of additional rights, including paid holiday, the right to the national living wage (which the Chancellor confirmed today will be increasing) and protection for discrimination.