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A tale of two (similar) cities: the impact of the minimum wage on retail and hospitality in Sheffield and Manchester

josephwilkinson, 31 January 2020 - Compliance and enforcement, National Living Wage, Research

How have employers in the retail and hospitality sectors responded to the National Living Wage (NLW)? Last year researchers from Sheffield University Management School's Centre for Decent Work (Dragoș Adăscălitei, Gareth Crockett, Jason Heyes, Kirsty Newsome and Edward Yates) conducted …

Coming soon to a town near you…: the LPC visit programme 2020

josephwilkinson, 23 January 2020 - Evidence and Consultation, National Living Wage

UPDATE - 17 March 2020 In view of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, and the recent advice to avoid all non-essential travel, we are suspending the Low Pay Commission’s programme of visits for 2020. Getting direct evidence on the state of …

Research into one-sided flexibility

josephwilkinson, 22 January 2019 - Uncategorized

Every year, the LPC commissions and publishes a range of independent research projects to build our evidence base and understanding of the labour market and low pay. Today, we’re publishing two of the research reports we commissioned last year, to …

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