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| Nye Cominetti & Louise Murphy

CALCULATING THE REAL LIVING WAGE 2022

This report sets out the method through which the Living Wage rates in London and the rest of the UK are calculated by the Resolution Foundation and overseen by the Living Wage Commission on…

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LIFE ON LOW PAY DURING A COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS

With sky-high inflation becoming increasingly commonplace, the UK is facing the worst cost-of-living crisis in half a century.

The crisis shows few signs of slowing any time soon, with…

| Joe Richardson & Lydia Reddyhof

A LIVING WAGE MATTERS:THE ROLE OF THE LIVING WAGE IN CLOSING ETHNICITY PAY GAPS

The pandemic painfully revealed the racialised imbalances in the UK, with minority ethnic workers disproportionately exposed to the health and economic risks posed by Covid-19. This includes…

| Nye Cominetti & Felicia Odamtten

LIVING PENSIONS: AN ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER WORKERS' PENSION SAVING MEETS A 'LIVING PENSION' BENCHMARK

This report, commissioned by the Living Wage Foundation and completed by Resolution Foundation, assess workers’ actual rates of pension saving against set of benchmarks for the rate of pension…

| Yasmin Mahmoudi, Alice Ollendorff and Joe Richardson

All work and low pay? The third sector and the real Living Wage

As previous Living Wage Foundation research has shown, below Living Wage pay is a significant issue in the third sector. While the sector dedicates a large amount of resources to the root causes…

| Joe Richardson

The Living Hours Index

The Living Hours Index provides an important new perspective on insecure work, building on previous research by the Living Wage Foundation and others on the scale and impact of insecure and…

Case studies

Find out more about how employers have implemented the Living Wage, Living Hours and what it's meant for their business.