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FLAT-PACK furniture giant Ikea faces being stripped of its Living Wage Foundation (LWF) accreditation after refusing to raise its lowest rates by just 20p an hour.
LWF-accredited employers have until May to comply with the £9.50 minimum introduced in November, but Ikea, whose online sales rose by nearly a third during the pandemic, has already indicated that it will not do so.
Ikea remained listed as a “principal partner” on the LWF website today, where a statement from the Sweden-based transnational said: “We are proud to pay the real living wage and view it as a worthwhile investment in our people.”
Behind the cute names of Scotland’s road gritters lies a workforce underpaid and overlooked – a fitting reflection of a Budget that protected profits, bungled its rollout and offered hardly a glimmer of hope, writes MATT KERR
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