Centrica, Euro Garages and Holland & Barrett Fined for Historical Minimum Wage Underpayments

The UK government has released a list of nearly 500 companies fined more than £10 million for failing to pay the national minimum wage, with around 42,000 workers repaid over £6 million. Among the most notable companies are Centrica, the parent company of British Gas; Euro Garages (EG Group); and hi... [More info]

Woolworths and Coles underpayments could cost more than $1 billion and have wider fallout

Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths expect to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more to repay staff the…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/110147/

Hope is not a resident of St Vincent and the Grenadines

Hope does not live here Living in SVG is difficult for huge segments of the people. Listening to conversations concernin #caribbean #poverty #exploitation #unemployment #violence #underpayment #foreign_affairs

https://www.stvincenttimes.com/svg-hope-does-not-live-here/

50 million people worldwide in modern slavery
“Modern slavery is the antithesis of sustainable development. Yet, in 2022, it continues to underpin our global #economy. It is a man-made problem, connected to both historical slavery and persisting structural #inequality. In a time of #CompoundingCrises, genuine political will is the key to ending these #HumanRights abuses.”

https://www.walkfree.org/news/2022/50-million-people-worldwide-in-modern-slavery/
#ForcedLabour #Children #Exploitation #Underpayment #WorkingConditions #MinimumWage #Agriculture #Hospitality #Food #SupplyChain #Consuming #Slavery