Category: minimum wage

An uncertain future for trainee solicitors: it’s all about the money, money, money – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted May 31st, 2012 in diversity, minimum wage, news, remuneration, trainee solicitors by tracey

“On 17 May 2012 the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced their decision to abolish the current minimum wage for trainee solicitors (the current minimum salary for trainee solicitors is £18,590 in Central London and £16,650 outside of London). From 1 August 2014 law firms will be able to pay trainee solicitors the national minimum hourly rate of £6.08. These changes to remuneration will cause additional barriers to access a career in law and will subsequently have a negative impact on the legal profession with a less diverse and equal workforce.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 30th May 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Trainee solicitors are worth more than £11,000 a year – The Guardian

Posted May 17th, 2012 in minimum wage, news, remuneration, trainee solicitors by sally

“Paying us the minimum wage will make the legal profession the preserve of the rich.”

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The Guardian, 17th May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Outrage at £2.60 wage proposal for trainees – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 22nd, 2012 in minimum wage, news, Solicitors Regulation Authority, trainee solicitors by sally

“Trainee solicitors could be paid as little as £2.60 an hour in their first year under an amendment to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposals for ending the minimum wage. The Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) today condemned the move as another step towards making the legal profession the ‘preserve of the rich’.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 21st March 2012

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

MPs may be breaking law in offering work to unpaid interns – The Guardian

Posted November 28th, 2011 in minimum wage, news, parliament by sally

“Scores of MPs, from millionaire Tory cabinet members to Labour backbenchers, may have broken minimum wage law by taking on unpaid interns, according to legal advice to ministers.”

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The Guardian, 27th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Interns work – and should be paid, lawyers warn ministers – The Guardian

Posted November 7th, 2011 in minimum wage, news, remuneration by sally

“Thousands of unpaid interns could be entitled to compensation after government legal advice emerged suggesting employers are breaking the law by not following national minimum wage rules.”

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The Guardian, 4th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Unpaid internships are an embarrassment to the legal profession – The Guardian

Posted August 30th, 2011 in employment, law firms, legal profession, minimum wage, news by sally

“Despite widespread flouting of rules around paying the minimum wage to interns, the problem remains ignored by regulators.”

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The Guardian, 30th August 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Servant paid £2.50 an hour wins tribunal against Arab Princess – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 10th, 2011 in employment tribunals, holiday pay, minimum wage, news, race discrimination, working time by michael

“An Arab Princess has been ordered to pay £175,000 in compensation to a servant paid less than £2.50 an hour who was forced to dig into his own pocket to cover the food bills from Harrods because Tesco was not considered good enough.”

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Daily Telegraph, 9th June 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Unpaid website intern celebrates court victory – The Guardian

Posted May 23rd, 2011 in employment, minimum wage, news, volunteers by sally

“Keri Hudson should be happy about her recent victory. She is one of the first interns in the UK to take on their employer and win the right to be recognised as a paid worker. In January, after six weeks of interning without pay for the online review site My Village, Hudson, 21, resigned in disgust.”

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The Guardian, 23rd May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

HMRC not doing enough to stop illegal unpaid internships, says pay watchdog – The Guardian

Posted April 8th, 2011 in HM Revenue & Customs, minimum wage, news by sally

“The Low Pay Commission has criticised HM Revenue & Customs for lax enforcement of minimum wage laws and the payment of interns.”

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The Guardian, 7th April 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk