Corporate report

National Minimum Wage: response to the Low Pay Commission鈥檚 spring 2016 report

Provides the government's responses to the Low Pay Commission recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates.

From:
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Published
14 March 2016
This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

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Ref: BIS/16/169

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Explains the government鈥檚 responses to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) recommendations. The LPC has recommended that the hourly rates for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) should increase in October 2016:

  • from 拢6.70 to 拢6.95 for workers aged 21 and older
  • from 拢5.30 to 拢5.55 for workers aged 18 to 20
  • from 拢3.87 to 拢4.00 for workers aged 16 to 17
  • from 拢3.30 to 拢3.40 for apprentices

The government accepts these recommendations in full.

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Published 14 March 2016

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