The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on the plight of low-paid workers, with a focus on low pay and … Continue reading “Singapore’s “Progressive Wage Model”: an alternative to the National Minimum Wage?”

Perhaps we – and I include myself – have cried wolf too often in relation to increases in minimum wages. … Continue reading “Employment growth among the low-paid is already slow. Minimum wage hikes will make things worse”

Assaults on economic freedom come so thick and so fast it is difficult to keep up with them. Here are … Continue reading “Scrap the Low Pay Commission, not dishwashers”

The National Minimum Wage is 20 years old today. Despite the controversy surrounding its inception, it is now widely accepted … Continue reading “The minimum wage – 20 years on”

Today it was announced that the Wagamama restaurant chain has been made to repay an average of £50 each to … Continue reading “If we MUST have a minimum wage, can we at least keep it simple?”

Economic logic suggests that free determination of employment contracts, like free trade, normally benefits both parties and leads to high … Continue reading “From the gender pay gap to the minimum wage to executive pay – the politicisation of pay must end”

Recently, I was asked by a journalist to outline why I was opposed to the introduction of the National Living … Continue reading “Three reasons to oppose the National Living Wage”

I had a Telegraph blog published this morning detailing my initial reaction to George Osborne’s new ‘National Living Wage’ (NLW) for over-25s … Continue reading “What’s wrong with Osborne’s ‘Living Wage’ proposals? Ask me what’s right about them.”

HMRC has just published a new list of 25 employers who have failed to pay the National Minimum Wage. This … Continue reading “Minimum wage underpayment: is the problem exaggerated?”