The living wage : policy and practice

A recent development in addressing the longstanding problem of low pay in the United Kingdom has been the emergence of a social campaign for a ‘living wage’. Using a case study approach this article explores an employer's decision to pay the living wage that, in turn, provided both challenges and opportunities for the unions in their dealings with contractors

The national minimum wage Impact on young people

This report is Part 1 of a two part report from the Low Pay Network to the Low Pay CommissionSIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:m00/20847 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo

After the safety net A study of pay rates in Wages Council sectors post abolition

SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:q95/03746 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo