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Scrapping the three-day wait for sick pay will help millions
Scrapping the lower earnings limit and the three-day wait will be two important steps to making the system fairer.
The labour market is in the danger zone
The high pay growth heralded by the chancellor comes with some hefty caveats. The reality is that the latest data should concern us. There are clear warning signs of a labour market in trouble.
Why are workers striking?
This winter we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of workers’ taking industrial action – or striking – to defend their pay and conditions. These are individual disputes, and it's important to understand the details in different workplaces. But there is a common cause: a pay disaster that means workers are being paid less in real terms now than they were 14 years ago.
The new prime minister must get pay rising
One of the biggest challenges facing the new Prime Minister is addressing a pay crisis that the government in power has spent the past twelve years presiding over and bears a good deal of responsibility for. A top priority must be fixing it.
Only good, well-paid work is a route out of poverty
Work should be a route out of poverty. But, especially under this government, it isn’t.
Chancellor's Spring Statement fails families who need help now
In the midst of the biggest wages and bills crisis in living memory, Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement has failed families who need help now.
Now is not the time to get complacent about jobs
The latest labour market figures have some positive signs – but there are some factors we should be concerned about.
A tale of two pandemics: low-paid workers hit hardest by Covid class divide
The coronavirus crisis has been a tale of two pandemics
Self-isolation support payments: the failing scheme barely anyone’s heard of
Over a year into a pandemic, and our sick pay system remains broken.
A year on from furlough
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the furlough scheme being introduced.
Immense hardship makes consumer led recovery the biggest risk of all
This week’s budget sent a clear message – the government think households don’t need support to start spending again. This is a big risk, and it completely ignores the millions struggling due to the pandemic.
Young workers are bearing the brunt of the jobs crisis
The latest labour market data provides a startling insight into the impact the pandemic is having on young workers.
High rejection rates show the self-isolation payment scheme isn’t fit for purpose
The self-isolation payment scheme was meant to solve the problem of workers being unable to self-isolate. But a combination of strict criteria and low funding means that 7-in-10 applicants to the scheme are rejected.
The self-isolation payment isn’t working. The government must raise statutory sick pay now
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the government has repeatedly refused to do what’s clearly needed: raise statutory sick pay and make it available for all.
An unemployment crisis is coming. The government must act now to prevent it
With a big drop in employment since the start of the pandemic, the government must do more to avert an unemployment crisis later this year.
Why we need an increase in statutory sick pay
Current rates of statutory sick pay leave many workers facing an impossible choice between going to work ill or falling into debt. This needs to change.
