Channel 4 Dispatches Programme - Low Pay Britain
On Monday 19 January 2015 Channel 4 Dispatches aired a programme which revealed the reality of employment for many in modern Britain and the big British brands benefitting from complex schemes which allow them to save hundreds of millions of pounds on their wage bill.
...Fit for Work service has three month cap
Employees have three months to return to work under the new Fit for Work (FfW) service or they will be discharged from the programme, the government has announced.
...Employers reacting to increasingly older workforces
Employers are starting to adapt their working practices to accommodate older staff with flexible working and different time patterns becoming more common.
...Employers underpay minimum wage to 100k young people
More than 100,000 young adults are not being paid the national minimum wage (NMW), an increase of 52% since 2010.
...Employers give thumbs up to shared parental leave
The vast majority of employers welcome shared parental leave and many have either put a new policy in place or are well on the road to doing so.
...H&M and Welcome Break shamed for failing to pay minimum wage
The government has clamped down on a further 37 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage (NMW) – between them owing a total of over £177,000 in arrears.
...Higher work stress and more sick leave in staff aged 30-49
Employees aged between 30 and 49 are more stressed and take significantly more sick leave than their colleagues.
...Job satisfaction key to low cost employee motivation
Motivating employees does not need to cost businesses large amounts of money.
...Auto Enrolment admin burden increasingly heavy
The majority of employers are now feeling the weight of administering auto-enrolment (AE).
...Cameron urges employers to pay living wage
Employers are coming under greater pressure to pay their staff the living wage following a statement by Prime Minister David Cameron urging them to do so.
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