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National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates increased on 1 April.
The Government has confirmed its 2024 target for the National Living Wage to reach two-thirds of median earnings.
The Low Pay Commission is tendering for research into the effects of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage. The deadline is Monday 2 March.
The Low Pay Commission's 2019 recommendations complete the path originally set out in 2015.
The Low Pay Commission is publishing two reports with its advice to Government on the future of the UK minimum wage.
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.
Millions of flexible workers will benefit from new rights and extra protections if they lose out on work, under proposed government reforms.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A new report from the Low Pay Commission finds that the number of people paid less than the statutory minimum wage in the UK increased in 2018.
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.
The Low Pay Commission welcomes the Government's announcement that Professor Arindrajit Dube has been appointed to undertake a review of the international evidence on the impacts of minimum wages.
LPC to gather evidence on the effects of the minimum wage in Neath and Swansea, Ayr and Kilmarnock, Derry, Hartlepool, Great Yarmouth, and Wigan and Manchester.
Every year the Low Pay Commission commissions research projects to help evaluate the effects of the minimum wage rates we have recommended. Published today are two final reports and two interim reports.
The LPC has today published its assessment of the scale and nature of one-sided flexibility, and recommendations for measures to address the problem.
The independent LPC provides expert advice to the government about the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
The Low Pay Commission’s 2018 Report, published today, finds that increases to the National Living Wage (NLW) raised the pay of up to 5 million workers this year.
A letter from Chair of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) Bryan Sanderson to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) containing the LPC's 2019 minimum wage rate recommendations.
Bryan Sanderson, Chair of the Low Pay Commission (LPC), today welcomed the Government's announcement that it has accepted in full the recommendations the LPC made for future minimum wage rates.
The names of 239 employers found to have underpaid 22,400 UK workers by a total of £1.44m have been published today by the government.
New appointments and re-appointments made to the independent Low Pay Commission.
The Low Pay Commission is visiting Barnstaple and North Devon on 23 and 24 May 2018 as part of its annual consultation, including a drop-in session on Wednesday.
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