{"id":7224,"date":"2015-07-04T12:59:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T05:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/firms-paying-poor-wages-are-the-real-benefit-cheats\/"},"modified":"2016-03-08T21:25:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T14:25:58","slug":"firms-paying-poor-wages-are-the-real-benefit-cheats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/firms-paying-poor-wages-are-the-real-benefit-cheats\/","title":{"rendered":"Firms paying poor wages are the real benefit cheats"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe pay billions in tax credits to subsidise the low pay of people working at many of our biggest retail chains. Why don\u2019t they raise wages?Are you going shopping this weekend? If you are trying on something in a mirror at a Next store, reflect upon this: shop assistants in the giant clothing chain on average cost the taxpayer an estimated \u00a32,087 a year in the form of tax credits, to make up for the fact that Next pays its workers so little. Related: The attack on tax credits is a gamble. Without a strong recovery, it will fail Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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