The wages of virtue

Rhys Moore makes the case for employers paying staff enough to have a minimum acceptable standard of living

At a time when over half the families living in poverty are in-work, a focus on wage inequality is fast becoming the zeitgeist during our economic recovery.

Research by the Resolution Foundation shows that there's still a long way to go before those earning the least feel optimistic that a recovery is even happening, with low paid jobs increasing and the cost of living squeezing household incomes, the reported 5.24 million people being paid less than the Living Wage in the UK, is an issue to be addressed.

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