[UK] One out of three night workers is paid less than £10 per hour

The TUC has called for better pay and conditions for night workers - including 1.8 million UK key workers - after data revealed that one in three people who regularly work overnight shifts currently earn less than £10 an hour. The new analysis, released by the trade union federation on October 24, shows that 1.2 million of the UK’s 3.4 million night workers are making less than £10 an hour. The TUC has additionally warned that many of these workers are increasingly being put on on insecure zero-hour contracts.

The data also indicates that 1.8 million members of the overnight workforce are key workers; meaning that key workers are more than twice as likely to be on low-paid night shifts than the rest of the workforce. The TUC analysis - based on figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - reportedly revealed that care workers and nurses were the most likely professionals to work overnight, with 406,000 care staff and 245,000 nurses regularly working night shifts. Labour List has further details of the analysis and the TUC general secretary’s comments.

The TUC has called for better pay and conditions for night workers - including 1.8 million UK key workers - after data revealed that one in three people who regularly work overnight shifts currently earn less than £10 an hour. The new analysis, released by the trade union federation on October 24, shows that 1.2 million of the UK’s 3.4 million night workers are making less than £10 an hour. The TUC has additionally warned that many of these workers are increasingly being put on on insecure zero-hour contracts.

The data also indicates that 1.8 million members of the overnight workforce are key workers; meaning that key workers are more than twice as likely to be on low-paid night shifts than the rest of the workforce. The TUC analysis - based on figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - reportedly revealed that care workers and nurses were the most likely professionals to work overnight, with 406,000 care staff and 245,000 nurses regularly working night shifts. Labour List has further details of the analysis and the TUC general secretary’s comments.