Submitted on Monday 12th November 2018
Published on Monday 19th November 2018
Current status: Closed
Closed: Sunday 19th May 2019
Signatures: 16
Raise the minimum wage for those working between 9pm and 7am to £14 p/h
Workers of late shifts—which have been proven to have detrimental effects on health—are increasingly common, and these workers are being exploited.
Tesco—who made a £1·6bl profit last quarter—pay staff near minimum wage to work until midnight. Clubs hire 18–21-year-olds at £5.60/h till 5.The real living wage in the U.K. is nearly £10/h: https://bbc.in/2JGrY0b This work is unhealthy and those employed deserve compensation.
Study noting an increase in the risk of an early death amongst night-shift workers: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/oct/28/night-shift-three-million-workers-health-risks-obesity-cancer-diabetes
Radio 4 on damage to organs and the brain caused by nightwork: https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(14)00623-0/fulltext
https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/how-can-working-night-shifts-affect-mental-and-physical-health
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