New ONS data released today (Tuesday) shows 151,000 more workers are being paid below the minimum wage across Yorkshire, compared with the previous year, with 112,000 of these workers on the government’s furlough scheme.
Further data shows that average gross weekly earnings across the region are down compared to 2019, with workers living in the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s district of Richmondshire being hit particularly hard, missing £40 a week compared to last year. Wages for residents in Leeds are £23 lower, Wakefield are £16 lower, and Sheffield residents are losing out by £30 a week.
TUC Regional Secretary Bill Adams said:
“Furlough pay must never fall below the national minimum wage. Working people in Yorkshire face a long, hard winter. We are calling on Conservative MPs in Yorkshire to push the government to act, to prevent more hardship for families.
“We need to see urgent government support, including a minimum wage floor to furlough payments, to ensure no one is left earning below minimum wage.
“We need a boost to Universal Credit and government should not abandon the self-employed. And we will not control the virus unless the government fixes the test and trace system and the scandal of workers asked to self-isolate without decent sick pay.”
ENDS
All jobs below NMW: Includes all furloughed employees |
|
Yorkshire & Humber |
Employees (thousands) |
2004 |
24 |
2005 |
28 |
2006 |
23 |
2007 |
24 |
2008 |
27 |
2009 |
22 |
2010 |
23 |
2011 |
27 |
2012 |
32 |
2013 |
30 |
2014 |
20 |
2015 |
23 |
2016 |
38 |
2017 |
36 |
2018 |
40 |
2019 |
36 |
2020 |
187 (75*) |
* indicates figure which excludes furloughed employees at reduced rates of pay
Weekly gross earnings – Annual (real) change 2020 (median)
Description |
Code |
2019 |
2019 real |
2020 |
Change in pay (£) |
Yorkshire and The Humber |
E12000003 |
429.4 |
433.0 |
432.6 |
-0.4 |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
E06000011 |
472.3 |
476.3 |
438.2 |
-38.1 |
Kingston upon Hull |
E06000010 |
392.6 |
395.9 |
387.5 |
-8.4 |
North East Lincolnshire |
E06000012 |
400.1 |
403.4 |
438 |
34.6 |
North Lincolnshire |
E06000013 |
390.7 |
394.0 |
396.8 |
2.8 |
York |
E06000014 |
452.9 |
456.7 |
440.4 |
-16.3 |
North Yorkshire |
E10000023 |
434.8 |
438.4 |
429.8 |
-8.6 |
Craven |
E07000163 |
374.4 |
377.5 |
357.4 |
-20.1 |
Hambleton |
E07000164 |
467 |
470.9 |
431.7 |
-39.2 |
Harrogate |
E07000165 |
467.2 |
471.1 |
432.7 |
-38.4 |
Richmondshire |
E07000166 |
419.5 |
423.0 |
382.1 |
-40.9 |
Ryedale |
E07000167 |
371.9 |
375.0 |
412.4 |
37.4 |
Scarborough |
E07000168 |
387.7 |
390.9 |
415.8 |
24.9 |
Selby |
E07000169 |
492.7 |
496.8 |
489.9 |
-6.9 |
South Yorkshire Met County |
E11000003 |
428.4 |
432.0 |
418.3 |
-13.7 |
Barnsley |
E08000016 |
435.6 |
439.2 |
421.2 |
-18.0 |
Doncaster |
E08000017 |
419.3 |
422.8 |
432.4 |
9.6 |
Rotherham |
E08000018 |
412.5 |
416.0 |
402.8 |
-13.2 |
Sheffield |
E08000019 |
438.5 |
442.2 |
412.4 |
-29.8 |
West Yorkshire Met County |
E11000006 |
431.2 |
434.8 |
447.4 |
12.6 |
Bradford |
E08000032 |
412.6 |
416.1 |
437.7 |
21.6 |
Calderdale |
E08000033 |
444.7 |
448.4 |
448.4 |
0.0 |
Kirklees |
E08000034 |
421.3 |
424.8 |
437.1 |
12.3 |
Leeds |
E08000035 |
453.5 |
457.3 |
480.7 |
23.4 |
Wakefield |
E08000036 |
417.6 |
421.1 |
405 |
-16.1 |
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