The draft minimum-wage directive is a crucial first step but more needs to follow on the way to a social Europe.

The problem with existing systems of income support is not their conditionality but their presumption that only market participation is a legitimate contribution.

The coronavirus crisis is exacerbating in-work poverty in the EU—and a powerful raft of labour-market and welfare measures is needed for an adequate response.

The UK’s Living Wage Campaign is a successful experiment in broad-based social advocacy.

The sociologist David Williams has said racism makes us sick and this is also true at work. How can we create workplaces which promote wellbeing for all?

The opening of debate on minimum wages across the EU has precipitated a Nordic union reaction against incursions on collective bargaining.

When the minimum wage was introduced in Germany in 2015, there were febrile forecasts of huge job losses. These have proved minimal—while incomes and consumption have benefitted.

The wealth tax proposals advanced by Democratic US presidential primary contenders have drawn vehement criticism from many who should be supporting them.

The proposal by the European Commission to legislate on fair EU minimum wages has excited contrasting attitudes among trade unions in member states.