Barely two weeks into the official implementation of the National Living Wage (NLW) that translates into a 7.5% rise in minimum pay, and British MPs are pointing the finger of ‘blame and shame’ at bad practices being employed by some businesses who have trimmed benefits or bonuses for their staff in a bid to recoup some of the costs associated with the base salary increases being paid to their over 25’s workforce.
On the evening of 18 April, Britain’s MPs unanimously adopted a motion calling for “the Government to guarantee that no worker will be worse off as a result of the introduction of the national living wage,” which was set at £7.20 (€9.09) per hour for those over 25 years of age (c.f.
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