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The age threshold for the National Living Wage changes from 25 to 23 as the rate increases on 1 April.
Millions of workers in all parts of the UK will receive a pay increase from today.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The 139 named companies failed to pay £6.7 million to over 95,000 workers.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will have a key role to play delivering the pledges made in the Spending Review
Millions of UK workers to receive increase in pay from April 2021 following rise in the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.
Announcement of the 2021 National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
The LPC’s non-compliance and enforcement report looks at why so many apprentices are underpaid and what can be done about it.
The Government has confirmed its 2024 target for the National Living Wage to reach two-thirds of median earnings.
Businesses that fail to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage will continue to be publicly named by the government, following a review of the scheme.
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.
The Chancellor delivered this speech at the launch of the Resolution Foundation's Low Pay Britain report on 30 May, 2019.
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.
Almost 300,000 workers who previously did not receive a payslip will now do so starting from this week, including those on casual and zero-hours contracts.
1.8 million workers earning the National Living Wage will receive an additional £690 over the year from today.
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.
The ‘Holiday pay’ campaign encourages workers to understand their rights and employers to understand their legal obligations in a fairer workplace.
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.
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