Buzz: Living wage not an issue for trustees

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Respondents said it was not up to schemes to push companies they invested in to pay staff the ‘living wage'.

"Absolutely not," said one respondent. "That would be totally unethical. It might even be a case of ‘don't do what we do, do what we tell you'!" "You have to let companies run as they see fit; i...

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