Age law threat to UK minimum wage
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The minimum wage system could be imperilled by a law banning age discrimination, a business group warns.
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TORONTO (CP) - The 400,000 people who work for minimum wage in Ontario should not be left solely at the mercy of governments to get a raise, said Labour Minister Chris Bentley.
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Congress won't give you one--the federal minimum wage is still $5.15. Although 22 states require employers to pay more (and six more may do so in November), activists in Chicago and elsewhere are pressing for a "living wage" to help the working poor.
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The TUC general council is calling for the minimum wage to increase by 50p an hour from next year.
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Asda says it will pay staff who are under 18 years old the same hourly rate of pay as older workers.
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The UK must force people to work until age 70 or pay 57 billion pounds ($102 billion) a year more in taxes to maintain income for retirees, a study commissioned by Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government showed.
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Government condemns surprise strike action over pay as 'illegal'.
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Thousands of workers are not being paid the national minimum wage, a survey by the TUC has found.
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A smashing blow is being dealt to thousands of future pensioners by a law that has just been brought into force by the Federal Government.
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The government is launching a campaign to highlight the forthcoming rise in the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales.
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The Labour government has published ambitious pension reform legislation to raise the official retirement age to 68 by 2046.
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LONDON, Feb. 18 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Sunday that he wanted to lower to 17 the age at which a mandatory five-year sentence could be imposed for illegally possessing a gun. The announcement followed the shooting deaths of three teenagers.
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An ageing population could damage the China's supply of cheap labour, the authorities warn.
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Britain's Labor government pledged Tuesday not to force workers to work until the age of 70 before qualifying for the state pension, an announcement welcomed by Labor's traditional ally, the trade unions.
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Ageism remains "endemic" at work a year after UK age discrimination laws were introduced, a survey says.
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Small shareholders in Northern Rock threaten to sue the government over compensation plans.
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A new report calls for the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales to be raised to 14.