Claim: Low-paid workers are trapped in poverty.
Fact-check: Factcheck: Measuring low pay isn't the same as measuring poverty - Full Fact
Verdict: this muddles definitions. the report in question didn't discuss poverty. although the issues are related, not all low-paid workers are in poverty.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sam Ashworth-Hayes
Date published: 2014-12-01T00:00:00