Tag Archives: minimum wage

Poverty Wages revisited

Posted on January 4, 2014 by martinaweitsch

On 28 August 2013, the Daily Telegraph published a piece under the headline: Home carers being paid illegal poverty wages – study. Essentially it reported on a study undertaken by the Resolution Foundation which showed that even where care workers … Continue reading →

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Zero Hours – Zero Moral Standards – Take 2

Posted on August 14, 2013 by martinaweitsch

I have had quite a lot of response to the zero hours post. A number of additional questions have been raised by people regarding the impact of these contracts and I thought it would be useful to aid debate if … Continue reading →

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Zero Hours – Zero Moral Standards

Posted on August 6, 2013 by martinaweitsch

Zero hours contracts have been in the news lately. The term ‘zero hours contact’ doesn’t sound good, does it? But what’s it all about? What is a ‘zero hours contract’ In a note for Members of Parliament (dated 4 July … Continue reading →

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Are benefits adequate or too much – what does the BBC say?

Posted on July 14, 2013 by martinaweitsch

The Programme to explain it all? 4 households on benefits pitched against 4 households on low incomes but who are in work. That’s the BBC’s recipe for a rational debate about the adequacy vs defensibility of benefits. A mini-series is … Continue reading →

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