Tuesday 28 June, 5-6.30pm, Stoddart room 7140
The session compares the dilemma of the Living Wage Foundation campaign for the calculated living wage adopted by organisations across the UK and the government-adopted national living wage set by the Low Pay Commission. It examines how the Government has increased the national minimum wage rates and the confusing differences in these rates for employers, employees, unions and charities. The research examines the developments and dilemmas of increasing pay for the lowest paid workers and the implications for employers and employment. This will be contrasted by the experiences in Australia and New Zealand and the moral position for the establishment of a pay rate that is both affordable by organisations and sufficient for a person to be able to live and survive.
Speakers include:
- Professor Jim Arrowsmith, Massey University Auckland, New Zealand
- Professor Ray Fells, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
- Dr Ana Lopes, Newcastle University Business School.
- Chair: Professor Peter Prowse, Sheffield Hallam University.
Professor Jim Arrowsmith is an author of low pay in both the United Kingdom and New Zealand and co-editor of a forthcoming special in Labour and Industry of the Living Wage special. He has four recent articles published on the living wage in New Zealand.
Professor Ray Fells is the author of Effective Negotiation From Research to Results and co-editor of a forthcoming special in Labour and Industry of the Living Wage special and a forthcoming article, `The Living Wage Policy and Practice` in the Industrial Relations Journal.
Dr Ana Lopes is a co-author of Organising migrant workers: the living wage campaign at the University of East London.
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