Poor Pay Packs Punch In England's East
441,950 East Of England residents in employment earned less than the real living wage of £9.00 per hour in the year to April 2018 a new GMB study has shown. The...
Read Full ArticleThe 2017 Living Wage report for KPMG found that one in five people (21 per cent) in the UK are still earning below the Real Living Wage, meaning that that an estimated 5.5 million employees are struggling to get out of in-work poverty.
The research, conducted by Markit, found that the total number earning below the Real Living Wage is down by 100,000 compared to last year, when an estimated 22 per cent of all jobs and 5.6 million roles paid less than the Real Living Wage. This is the first reduction in five years - but still leaves the total a million higher than in 2012.
Other key findings in the report include:
Picture: 21 per cent of employees in the UK are still earning below the Real Living Wage
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Article written by Brian Shillibeer | Published 06 November 2017
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