bazjea Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 According to the Resolution Foundation. 22% of workers in Sheffield will entitled to the National Living Wage. Making it the largest city with this % of workers on the current basic wage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthor Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 According to the Resolution Foundation. 22% of workers in Sheffield will entitled to the National Living Wage. Making it the largest city with this % of workers on the current basic wage. Yes, according to SKY just now, that compares to 3% in 'the city'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky_Gibbon Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 No matter how often they try to hijack the term it's still not the Living Wage, just a slightly improved minimum wage that won't compensate for the loss of tax credits under Universal Credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Why not just call it an increase to the National Minimum Wage? The Government are just trying to confuse people into thinking they've brought in the "living wage" which is an hourly rate of pay and updated annually. The Living Wage is set independently by the Living Wage Foundation and is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK. Employers choose to pay the Living Wage on a voluntary basis. The "National Living Wage" is just the NMW rebranded. Got there before me Funky Gibbon! Edited March 30, 2016 by taxman stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1 1DJ Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 No matter how often they try to hijack the term it's still not the Living Wage, just a slightly improved minimum wage that won't compensate for the loss of tax credits under Universal Credit. Absolutely, the fight for the Living Wage continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 There's more about this story here: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/30/third-of-british-workers-may-benefit-from-new-legal-pay-level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markstevo Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Well a 4% hike in the council tax has taken this supposed pay rise away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Well a 4% hike in the council tax has taken this supposed pay rise away How many council employees and other government department staff have had a salary increase as a result of this new wage? How does those many thousands of wage increases affect the overall salary costs of said council and other departments? How does that overall affect impact on the central budgets which may in turn need to increase rates to pay for it all? See how things work. Increase pay = increase costs = decrease in budget = rate increases to balance the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaeldyn Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) yippee the low pay people will have they wage packet increase by £20. can see it will make a massive difference to those people. But most of the 22% are on benefit. they benefit will reduce. In effect this raise in minimum wage is just a tax to employers Edited March 30, 2016 by Michaeldyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaati Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 How many council employees and other government department staff have had a salary increase as a result of this new wage? How does those many thousands of wage increases affect the overall salary costs of said council and other departments? How does that overall affect impact on the central budgets which may in turn need to increase rates to pay for it all? See how things work. Increase pay = increase costs = decrease in budget = rate increases to balance the books. I would imagine not many. Since most are subject to a 1% pay rise. (which in real terms in a pay cut due to NI changes for gov departments after of 1st April). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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