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Vince Cable submits the government’s final analysis on employment and the economy for the independent Low Pay Commission.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
From Tuesday 1 October 2013 the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will rise
Low Pay Commissioners will visit Gloucester and Newport on 3 and 4 October on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage.
Business Secretary Vince Cable announces measures to inject more fairness into the workforce and in wages for British workers.
Low Pay Commissioners will visit Middlesbrough and Redcar on 16 and 17 September on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage.
Employers who fail to pay the NMW will be named and shamed under revamped plans to make it easier to clamp down on rogue businesses.
Low Pay Commissioners will visit Lincoln and Boston on 28 and 29 August on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage.
Low Pay Commissioners will visit Belfast on 9 and 10 July on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage.
Details of commissioners' visits which are part of the evidence-gathering process for the Low Pay Commission's 2014 Report.
Low Pay Commissioners will visit Perth and Dundee on 10 and 11 June on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage.
Peter Donaldson has been re-appointed as Commissioner to the Low Pay Commission
The government has accepted the independent Low Pay Commission’s recommendations for this year’s adult and youth National Minimum Wage rates
The government has accepted the Low Pay Commission (LPC)'s recommendations on rates for the National Minimum Wage. This is the LPC's response.
John Hannett and Professor Steve Machin will meet a number of representatives in Blackburn and Preston to hear first hand what impact the National…
Susan Anderson, Kay Carberry and Neil Goulden will meet a number of representatives in London to hear first hand what impact the National Minimum…
Professor Bob Elliott, John Hannett and Professor Steve Machin will meet a number of representatives in Sheffield to hear first hand what impact…
Kay replaces Frances O’Grady, who stepped down on 15 October following her election as the next TUC General Secretary. The appointment is…
Susan Anderson, Neil Goulden and Heather Wakefield will meet a number of representatives at Harlow College to hear first hand what impact the…
Susan Anderson and John Hannett will meet a number of representatives in Bangor and Anglesey to hear first hand what impact the National Minimum…
The offset is the only benefit-in-kind that can count towards payment of the National Minimum Wage (NMW). It is currently set at a daily limit…
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