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IKEA to pay UK workers the Living Wage
Geoff Riley
20th July 2015
Ikea has announced that it will pay all its 9,000 UK workers at least £7.85 an hour from April 2016. The rate for employees in London will be £9.15 an hour. It is estimated that half of their workforce will be directly affected by this.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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