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16 Sep 2022 |

LIFE ON LOW PAY DURING A COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS

With sky-high inflation becoming increasingly commonplace, the UK is facing the worst cost-of-living crisis in half a century.

The crisis shows few signs of slowing any time soon, with…

07 Sep 2022 | Joe Richardson & Lydia Reddyhof

A LIVING WAGE MATTERS:THE ROLE OF THE LIVING WAGE IN CLOSING ETHNICITY PAY GAPS

The pandemic painfully revealed the racialised imbalances in the UK, with minority ethnic workers disproportionately exposed to the health and economic risks posed by Covid-19. This includes…

27 Jul 2022 | Nye Cominetti & Felicia Odamtten

LIVING PENSIONS: AN ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER WORKERS' PENSION SAVING MEETS A 'LIVING PENSION' BENCHMARK

This report, commissioned by the Living Wage Foundation and completed by Resolution Foundation, assess workers’ actual rates of pension saving against set of benchmarks for the rate of pension…

18 Jul 2022 | Yasmin Mahmoudi, Alice Ollendorff and Joe Richardson

All work and low pay? The third sector and the real Living Wage

As previous Living Wage Foundation research has shown, below Living Wage pay is a significant issue in the third sector. While the sector dedicates a large amount of resources to the root causes…

15 Mar 2022 | Joe Richardson

The Living Hours Index

The Living Hours Index provides an important new perspective on insecure work, building on previous research by the Living Wage Foundation and others on the scale and impact of insecure and…

08 Feb 2022 | Joe Richardson

Life On Low Pay 2022

During a period of unprecedented rises to the cost of living. Polling of 1,702 employees in the UK earning less than the real Living Wage in January 2022 highlights the impacts of low pay on this…

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