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Minimum wage rates from April 2022 have now been announced.
This report sets out the full analysis and evidence underpinning the LPC’s recommendations on minimum wage rates for 2022.
This review covers the period up to April 2020, when the National Living Wage reached the Government’s initial target of 60 per cent of median earnings.
This report sets out the Low Pay Commission's analysis of underpayment of the minimum wage and the enforcement regime.
The Low Pay Commission's response to a request about Correspondence with Samworth Brothers Company, Mark Samworth and Sir David Samworth
The government has today named and shamed nearly 180 employers for underpaying more than 9,000 minimum wage workers by £1.1 million.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Baroness Philippa Stroud has been announced as the new chair of the Low Pay Commission
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The LPC has updated its list of low-paying sectors. This page contains tables with full details of the new occupation and industry groups.
Includes recommendations for the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates to apply from April 2018.
Presentation containing the Low Pay Commission's analysis on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates, and rationale for its recommendations for future rates.
The Low Pay Commission's annual report for 2022 sets out in full the evidence used to inform its recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates.
The government has accepted the independent Low Pay Commission’s recommendations for this year’s adult and youth National Minimum Wage rates
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This report sets out the LPC's recommendations on the April 2021 National Minimum Wage rates and supporting evidence.
The government has approved a rise in the National Minimum Wage to £6.50 per hour.
Business Secretary Vince Cable announces measures to inject more fairness into the workforce and in wages for British workers.
The Chancellor today announced his intention to lower the age threshold for the National Living Wage to 21, accepting advice from the Low Pay Commission.
This report contains the LPC's response to the Government's request to make recommendations on 'one-sided flexibility', as identified in the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.
On the 20th anniversary of the National Minimum Wage, a new report by the Low Pay Commission examines how the policy has transformed the UK labour market.
This document contains the following information: National minimum wage: Low Pay Commission report 2006.
Research commissioned in 2022 to inform recommendations to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
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