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WORKERS are being urged to check that they are being paid the new minimum wage after government research revealed a third of people never check their payslips.
The new rate of £7.20 an hour for over-25s comes into force on Friday, but bad bosses have already started mitigating against the small increase by cutting back on overtime and weekend payments.
A manager at B&Q warned that the firm is removing time-and-a-half pay for working Sundays, stopping paying a bonus and restructuring allowances for working in high-cost areas to cut costs ahead of the change.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
