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Living Wage Champion Awards Open 5 August 2016
The Living Wage Champion Awards celebrate individuals and organisations that have made a real difference by supporting the Living Wage movement.
The Awards are open to accredited Living Wage Employers, Recognised Service Providers and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the campaign.
These awards celebrate the organisations that have done the most to implement, promote and celebrate the Living Wage in their regions during 2016. Judges will be looking for evidence that organisations have gone above and beyond to promote the Living Wage. The Living Wage Foundation will announce Employer Champions for each region of the UK, as well as - for the first time ever – three Anniversary Awards; special commendations for individuals that have shown great leadership over a length of time. The Awards are free to enter and the closing deadline for applications is 2 September 2016. The winners are announced during Living Wage Week 2016, a UK-wide celebration of the Living Wage and Living Wage Employers, which takes place from 31 October to 5 November 2016.
For full details of categories and entry requirements, see the Living Wage Champion Awards page.
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Largest ever list of National Minimum Wage offenders published 15 August 2016
The largest list of employers to be named and shamed for failing to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage has been published.
197 employers who failed to pay their workers the legal minimum have been publicly named.
Between them, the 197 companies named owed £465,291 in arrears, across a range of employers including:
Football clubs
Hotels
Care homes
Hairdressers.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said all of the money owed to these workers has been paid back to them.
Since the scheme was introduced in October 2013, 687 employers have been named and shamed, with total arrears of more than £3.5 million.
The National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and over was introduced in April this year, which has meant a pay rise of more than £900-a-year for someone previously working full time on the National Minimum Wage. For workers under the age of 25, the National Minimum Wage still applies. It is an employer’s responsibility to be aware of the different minimum wage rates depending on the circumstances of their workers – and to make sure all eligible workers are paid at least the minimum rate they are entitled to.
The National Living Wage will be enforced equally robustly alongside the National Minimum Wage.
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