Investigating the effect of the London living wage on the psychological wellbeing of low-wage service sector employees: a feasibility study | Zendy

Elizabeth P. Flint | Zendy; Steven Cummins | Zendy; Jane Wills | Zendy

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Investigating the effect of the London living wage on the psychological wellbeing of low-wage service sector employees: a feasibility study

Author(s) -

Elizabeth P. Flint,

Steven Cummins,

Jane Wills

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdt093

Subject(s) - wage , living wage , service (business) , business , labour economics , psychology , demographic economics , gerontology , medicine , economics , marketing

Working poverty has become a major public health concern in recent times, and low-paid, insecure employment has been widely linked to poor psychological wellbeing. The London Living Wage (LLW) campaign aims to ensure employees receive adequate pay. The objective of this study is to investigate whether working for a LLW employer predicted higher levels of psychological wellbeing among low-wage service sector employees.

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