Sentences with phrase «than a living wage»

We have 5.2 million people currently earning less than the living wage.

This complex was home to factory workers working in extremely dangerous and unsafe conditions for less than a living wage making the clothes so many of us wear.

But we know it is not enough because the vast majority of those being paid less than the living wage are in the private sector.

«That's higher than the living wage bill that my co-Council members are sponsoring.»

5 million people earn less than the living wage of # 7.65 per hour.

The Resolution Foundation estimates that there are five million people - 21 % of employees - who earn less than a living wage.

FORTUNE — Which two companies have promoted «My Little Pony,» have given back pay due to wage theft accusations, pay some employees less than a living wage, and have the same person on their board compensation committee?

The minimum wage is considerably less than a living wage.

And society blames too often the victimized workers rather than the businesses paying less than a living wage.

In the meantime, it renders drives many people out of their native habitats in forests, forces farmers off the land, pays laborers less than a living wage, and renders the poor more powerless.

Five million people, mostly women were in low paid, dead end jobs earning less than the living wage

Thirdly, we will examine the case for greater transparency: large firms publishing the number of employees paid less than the living wage, as proposed by the Resolution Foundation.

Despite campaigning for the living wage to be paid in the public sector and for zero - hours contracts to be scrapped, Freedom of Information requests have shown that all three of the councils controlled or led by Plaid Cymru — Ceredigion, Conwy, and Gwynedd - pay people less than the living wage and use zero - hours contracts.

The Labour leader has previously said he is «angry and fed up» with six million people earning less than the living wage and he has been accused of losing his temper with media on more than one occasion.

The record number of workers paid less than the living wage, now more than 5 million, is costing an estimated # 2.2 bn a year in extra spending and lost revenue according to analysis published by the IPPR with the Resolution Foundation.

At 10 a.m., the NYC he Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on a change to the «Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act,» which would mandate «certain companies that receive at least one million dollars of financial assistance from the City of New York to pay their employees no less than a living wage,» 42 Broadway, 5th Floor, Manhattan.

«The threat to workers» rights is there every day — six million earning less than the living wage; many people, nearly a million, on zero - hours contracts with no protection being offered by this government,» he said.

The accountancy firm KPMG said its research showed that the proportion of workers earning less than the living wage had risen for three years in a row.

Many education support professionals across our state earn less than a living wage, and NSEA remains committed to ensuring a living wage for all our members.