Commenting on the announcement today (Wednesday) that the
government has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) recommendation to
increase the adult national minimum wage by three per cent – 19p an hour – from
this October, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:
“It is good that the government has accepted the LPC’s call
for an increase in the minimum wage. The rise will benefit around 1.5 million
workers, almost two-thirds (61 per cent) of whom will be women.
“But this must be seen as only the first step in a series
of bolder increases in future years that will help the many low-paid workers – who
are suffering the tightest squeeze in their living standards in a century – and
who think the Chancellor promised them £7 an hour.
“We also urge the government to pick up the LPC
recommendation to protect migrant domestic workers, as they too often suffer low
pay and other forms of abuse.”
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21 and over
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18-20
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16-17
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Some apprentices*
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2013/14 current rate
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£6.31
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£5.03
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£3.72
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£2.68
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2014/15 new rates from
1 October 2014 |
£6.50
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£5.13
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£3.79
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£2.73
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