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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.
Minimum wage rates from April 2023 have now been announced.
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.
Research commissioned to inform the Low Pay Commission's work and recommendations in 2019.
This page contains the research reports commissioned by the Low Pay Commission to inform our 2020 Report.
This report sets out the full analysis and evidence underpinning the LPC’s recommendations on minimum wage rates for 2022.
The LPC’s non-compliance and enforcement report looks at why so many apprentices are underpaid and what can be done about it.
Research commissioned in 2022 to inform recommendations to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
Baroness Philippa Stroud has been announced as the new chair of the Low Pay Commission
An outline of the Low Pay Commission's purpose, aim and operation, with information on the commissioners and their code of conduct.
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.
The LPC has today published its assessment of the scale and nature of one-sided flexibility, and recommendations for measures to address the problem.
Seeking evidence to inform the Low Pay Commission's report on the National Minimum Wage.
Seeking evidence to inform the Low Pay Commission's report on the path of the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage 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.
Includes recommendations for the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates to apply from April 2018.
An evaluation of the impact of the National Minimum Wage on employee earnings and hours in the domiciliary care sector.
The independent LPC advises the government about National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
The Low Pay Commission is seeking proposals for research into the effects of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage with a deadline of Tuesday 2 May 2023
Announcement of the 2021 National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
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