{"id":42072,"date":"2019-03-28T14:27:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=42072"},"modified":"2019-03-28T14:27:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:27:49","slug":"wetherspoons-wage-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/wetherspoons-wage-controversy","title":{"rendered":"Wetherspoon\u2019s wages: do eight bars in Cardiff underpay their staff?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A change in pay rates saw profits plummet for the national pub-chain, J.D. Wetherspoon. <em>InterCardiff<\/em> examines whether \u2018Spoons\u2019 pay their employees enough.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43320\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-43320 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/nick-pampoukidis-1398848-unsplash-2-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43320 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/nick-pampoukidis-1398848-unsplash-2-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Wages at Wetherspoon pubs are less than the \u00a39.00 per hour real living wage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0One Cardiff Wetherspoon bar associate described how they had to clean a bathroom stall so completely covered in human waste you\u2019d be hoping for a hazmat suit before tackling the job. Along with the occasional abusive customer and regularly working well into the early morning, it can be tough work for a low wage.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Cardiff boasts eight \u2018Spoons\u2019, and the pub-chain has been in hot water over their pay recently. Employees of Cardiff\u2019s Wetherspoons weren\u2019t too damning of their wages. \u201cThere\u2019s not many hours going around,\u201d one Cardiff bar associate explained, \u201cBut it\u2019s not like the pay is bad.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Still, Tim Martin, the eccentric CEO of the pub-chain and lookalike for \u2018Doc\u2019 from Back to the Future has been under fire as Wetherspoons pubs don\u2019t pay their employees the real living wage. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43316\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43316\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/tm-1080-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43316\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/tm-1080-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin discussing wages with the <em>Guardian<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Living Wage Foundation is an organisation that calculates the what the real living wage actually is, and then accredits businesses that pay them. \u201cPaying the living wage is important as it is a rate independently calculated by the cost of living which can help to pull families out of in-work poverty.\u201d Said Bethan Harvey, the Living Wage Accreditation Officer in Wales, \u201cIt also improves well-being, health and allows more time for leisure and family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u2018living wage\u2019 sounds like a straightforward term, but it\u2019s been bogged down by bureaucratic redefining. As James Karren, the owner of the recently real living wage accredited St. Canna\u2019s Ale House in Cardiff explained, \u201cThey have increased\u2026 the minimum wage, and started calling it the living wage, which is why the Living Wage Foundation adopted the term \u2018real living wage\u2019 because it\u2019s calculated on the actual cost of living.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43314\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43314\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/IMG_4161-2-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43314\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/IMG_4161-2-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> James Karren, owner of St. Canna&#8217;s Ale house: a real living wage certified employer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The minimum wage applies to under 25s, and the marginally higher \u2018living wage\u2019 applies to over 25s, but neither are actually based on the cost of living unlike the voluntary, \u2018real living wage\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Guardian<\/em> columnist, Owen Jones recently stated in an interview with Tim Martin, \u201cIt\u2019s [Wetherspoons pay rate] below the living wage by definition,\u201d and on this charge he was mistaken. Wetherspoon\u2019s minimum starting rate for all employees over 18 is higher than the government mandated living wage, which must only legally be applied to over 25s.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u201cThe rate of pay went up for everybody,\u201d one Cardiff bar associate explained, \u201cIts recently gone up 10p because I\u2019ve got a year\u2019s service, and it went up again, it went up in November 5.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The pub-chain\u2019s half-year earnings report published on 15 March stated that their profits have plummeted by 19%. A major factor in the pub-chain\u2019s profits slump was actually the Wetherspoons-wide pay increase for all staff not on salary that occurred in November last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This may not have been done out the kindness of Martin\u2019s heart. As another Cardiff bar associate pointed out, the wage<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s went up after a strike in Brighton threatened to escalate into national action. However, he also added, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every hour after midnight the pay also went up by a full \u00a31. It is pretty good, especially for the larger pubs where we&#8217;ll be closing down until early in the morning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42079\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42079\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/45398204285_4d7ba351b0_o-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42079\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/45398204285_4d7ba351b0_o-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Wetherspoons employees from two Brighton pubs joined pay strikes last October. Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/waronwant\/\">War on Want<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC by 2.0<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Martin is still a long way from paying his employees the real living wage. The 89 accredited Living Wage employers in Cardiff include large organisations like national banks, and as James Karren said, \u201c\u201cI imagine that the Wetherspoons, is a kind of like, big business that has potentially got the backing and the capital to be able to [pay their staff the real living wage].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Undoubtedly, it\u2019s important that the big businesses that can afford to pay real living wage, do. Lola McEvoy, Senior Campaigns and Communications Manager for the Living Wage Foundation said that when more employers pay the real living wage, &#8220;Thousands of people get a pay rise, but other local employers also follow their lead. If more large employers step up, we can start to build true Living Wage places.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> However, it may be more complicated than it first seems, \u201cI suppose for a big business it\u2019s quite a comprehensive thing to have to do,\u201d said James Karren, \u201cBecause it\u2019s got to be every member of staff directly or indirectly employed\u2026 For example, a big business was paying, or employing, a secondary cleaning company to clean properties, I think The Living wage Foundation want you to affirm that those cleaners are also getting paid living wage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">James explained that as a smaller independent business with few staff, he\u2019d always intended to pay his employees that bit more. As a result, \u201cIt\u2019s easier to build it in to all your budgeting and things.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u2018Spoons\u2019 doesn\u2019t pay the real living wage, but as James went on to say, <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u201cI think\u2026 for businesses, to later on, try to force in it it\u2019s probably a harder thing to do.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0Ideally, all companies would pay the real living wage, but it might be more difficult than it first seems for company as big as J.D. Wetherspoon to <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">implement a pay rise for all employees. They still have a way go with fair pay, but as one Cardiff Wetherspoons employee summed up, \u201cI can get by, but not have much left over\u2026 I feel like I could do with a bit more, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s unfair compared to other pub companies, they\u2019re payed a lot less.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43297\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/infographic-625x944.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"944\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43297\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/infographic-625x944.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"944\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national pub chain, J.D. Wetherspoon, has recently paid a price over their wages. 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