ISS workers clean HMRC for poverty pay. They are paid just the minimum wage, and now payroll changes threaten to cause further hardship. Please donate to help support these workers!

ISS is standardising its payroll system across the country. In the midst of the changes cleaners at HMRC offices who are paid fortnightly will find their wage packets a week short in mid-April.

To offset this, the company is offering an interest free "bridging loan". But staff are expected to pay this back quickly in four instalments, which union members say leaves them struggling for a further two months of pay days.

ISS had a net profit of £275 million in 2017. Its staff who clean the offices at HM Revenue and Customs receive only the minimum wage.

They are members of the PCS union and campaigning for a living wage of £10 per hour, along with occupational sick pay and more holidays. The company has previously told the union that HMRC rejected a contract with them that allows for a living wage.

If you're on minimum wage, finding your wages £200 short is a huge issue. Even if a loan covers that, paying back £50 a fortnight just makes the hardship last longer and potentially forces workers into debt.

ISS on its website claims to be a living wage employer. This situation makes a mockery of that claim, as well as showing that outsourcing is just a scam so government departments like HMRC can wash their hands of poverty pay.

Please donate to help these workers avoid debt and offset the impact of these changes on the lowest paid.