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一 | London, Oct 12 (UNI) The Hinduja family, recognized as the richest in the United Kingdom, has been accused of refusing to pay the workers of its company Hinduja Global Services (HGS) a "real living wage," while its personal fortune increased by 11.5 billion pounds ($12.7 billion) in one year, The Guardian reported on Wednesday.
The "real living wage" is the wage rate voluntarily paid by more than 11,000 businesses in the UK that believe their employees deserve a salary that covers their daily necessities.
Some employees of HGS, an outsourcing company used by the UK government to run the Disclosure and Criminal Records Service, which checks potential employees, are reportedly paid 9.75 pounds ($10.7) per hour.
This rate is above the legal minimum wage of 9.50 pounds per hour but below the real living wage, which is 11.95 pounds for people working in London and 10.90 pounds for those who work outside the capital.
In addition, the newspaper reports that HGS offered workers a 3.25% pay increase in April, but this figure is below the current rate of inflation, which is 9.9%, and is expected to continue to rise in October.
"We are unhappy that we are working for an organisation owned by the two richest people in the country, and yet we’re being told there’s no money. At every meeting that we have [with management] we’re told it’s tough out there for everybody and the company can’t afford it. But that is outrageous, we are owned by actual billionaires," an HGS worker told the newspaper.
In turn, a spokesperson for HGS said that it was wrong to suggest that the Hinduja family owns the company, since "they are shareholders in HGS alongside a number of other institutional and private investors, and reference to the wealth of our shareholders has no relevance to the negotiations."
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二 | 按照安德鲁·利的说法，澳方在5澳元纸钞上印伊丽莎白二世头像，并非因为对方的君主身份，而是表达对女王个人的尊重，因此，如果决定更换头像，不会“自动”替换成英国新国王。当记者问到澳政府是否考虑把头像换成某个澳大利亚名人时，安德鲁·利表示，政府会就此展开讨论，“不着急下决定，当务之急是更改硬币设计”。澳大利亚铸币厂同一天宣布，明年不会发行任何带有伊丽莎白二世像的流通币。

三 | 自伊丽莎白二世1953年加冕以来，澳大利亚累计发行总币值大约150亿澳元的女王像硬币。路透社报道，伊丽莎白二世的去世再次引发澳大利亚等英联邦国家有关是否废除君主立宪制、改为共和制的讨论。在1999年一次公民投票中，澳大利亚选民选择继续以英王为国家元首，当时支持和反对票差距很小。（完）（沈敏）返回搜狐，查看更多责任编辑：

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