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The Low Pay Commission is an independent body that advises the government about the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage.
Government is naming and shaming businesses which failed to pay the minimum wage to 12,000 of the lowest paid workers.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This report contains the LPC's analysis of the expected effects of the 1 April 2018 minimum wage increases.
The Low Pay Commission is seeking evidence to inform recommendations on minimum wage rates in 2024 and beyond.
Minimum wage rates from April 2023 have now been announced.
The LPC's 2023 report on compliance and enforcement presents data on underpayment and explores the persistence of underpayment for individual workers.
Millions of UK workers will receive a pay rise as the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rise comes into effect.
Workers on the minimum wage will receive a higher percentage increase in pay than most other workers across the economy.
This page collects the annual reports from the Low Pay Commission to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
Includes recommendations for the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates to apply from April 2017.
Response to a Freedom of Information request.
LPC expenditure from April 2023 to March 2024
The Low Pay Commission publishes its 2023 Report looking at compliance and enforcement of the National Minimum Wage.
The age threshold for the National Living Wage changes from 25 to 23 as the rate increases on 1 April.
Framework documents setting out the relationship between the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and our public bodies.
Workers aged under 25 will see the largest increase in a decade in their statutory minimum wage in April 2018, the Low Pay Commission explains.
Announcement of the 2021 National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
Millions of UK workers to receive increase in pay from April 2021 following rise in the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.
The Low Pay Commission's report on non-compliance and enforcement of the National Minimum Wage in 2021.
We are seeking views on the proposals made by the Low Pay Commission, to address the issue of ‘one-sided flexibility’.
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