Last year was the minimum 2 1/2%
Interestingly, average earnings did quite badly when furloughed people went down to 80% salary.
This year, however, because lots of low-paid people, workers on minimum wage, workers on zero hours contracts and part time gig economy workers have been thrown on the scrap heap, they are no longer being paid, so do not show in the average earnings figures, which therefore look strangely high, and increase is currently showing about 8.1%
Giving pensioners such a high pay rise, when the underclass of low-paid working people has been pushed further into poverty, may seem perverse.
Which of our politicians will attract the pensioners' venom by telling them?
I wonder what rate of pay rise MPs will get.
Interestingly, average earnings did quite badly when furloughed people went down to 80% salary.
This year, however, because lots of low-paid people, workers on minimum wage, workers on zero hours contracts and part time gig economy workers have been thrown on the scrap heap, they are no longer being paid, so do not show in the average earnings figures, which therefore look strangely high, and increase is currently showing about 8.1%
Giving pensioners such a high pay rise, when the underclass of low-paid working people has been pushed further into poverty, may seem perverse.
Which of our politicians will attract the pensioners' venom by telling them?
I wonder what rate of pay rise MPs will get.