The impact of Labour's decision to increase the living wage and employer NICs is already having a profound impact on UK businesses, especially small businesses that cannot easily absorb increased staffing costs. What's really apparent here is that these increases and the subsequent redundancies came relatively out of the blue. There was little in the way of prior warning.
"Starbucks workers across the country are facing understaffing, inaccessible benefits, discrimination, and low wages. Instead of fixing these issues, Starbucks decided to introduce an unpopular, more conservative dress code."
You're getting free legal advice. Some people get sketched out by the idea of a lawyer being 'paid for by the employer,' but that's not how it works. The lawyer is there to make sure you're not getting screwed over, not to do your employer any favours.
Employees are worried about their livelihoods, that they're being pushed out of their jobs and not given options [and] not given enough time to make real-life decisions for their families, said one OFCCP employee who preferred to be unnamed due to fears of retaliation.