Great Britain: minimum wage increase for adults, youth workers and apprentices

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The British government announced that it was going to take forward the recommendation made by the Low Pay Commission (LPC) as regards minimum wage.  On October 1, minimum wage will rise by 12p an hour to £6.31 for adults (€7.36). For 18-to-20-year-olds, it will rise by 5p to £5.03 (€5.86).  Finally, for 16 and 17-year olds, it will rise by 4p to £3.72 (€4.33) per hour.  (Ref.  130526)
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Valuing apprenticeship. But the government concluded that apprenticeship pay had to be increased, not frozen as the LPC recommended.

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