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| Ana Wittevenn

Retirement realities: Understanding the impact of the cost-of-living on pension savings and retirement expectations

Many people in the UK are experiencing poverty once they retire from work, and many more may be at risk of post-work poverty in the future if their pension contributions are not sufficiently high…

| Molly Broome

Calculating a Living Pension: the 2024 update

Last year, the Living Wage Foundation launched the Living Pension standard to tackle low pension saving. Nearly 50 employers have now signed up to the voluntary savings target, committing to help…

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The Living Wage in Service Provision - A toolkit.

If you are a service provider looking to accredit or find out more about how you can go further to promote the Living Wage or other responsible employement schemes, have a read of out Service…

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Implementing a Living Wage in the Philippines: A worker-led approach

The topic of Living Wages has consistently been a focal point in both international and national discussions, especially in relation to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It is…

| Gail Irvine, Sara Johnson, Bethan Spacey

The Real Living Wage in Social Care: Living Wage Foundation Policy Paper

This policy paper looks at the social care sector, a sector characterised by high numbers of jobs paying below the real Living Wage as well as insecure work. Public visibility of the contribution…

| Klervi Mignon & Ana Witteveen

London’s Living Hours Landscape: Exploring Insecure Work in the Capital

This report explores the scale of insecure work in London, as well as the experiences of Londoners employed in insecure jobs. We consider different aspects of insecure work, such as variable hours…

Case studies

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