One in four UK workers covered by national living wage underpaid
by Richard Partington Economics correspondent from Economics | The Guardian on (#43T7P)
Women more likely to be hit by underpayments than men, Low Pay Commission figures reveal
Almost one in four British workers on the government's national living wage are paid less than they should be, according to official figures, with more women than men hit by underpayments.
The figures revealed by the government's Low Pay Commission showed that 369,000 workers - representing about 23% of all of those over the age of 25 who are covered by the national living wage - were paid less than that amount this year.
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