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This is a paper on understanding the similarities between gig work and low-paid work, and whether NLW impacts what form of work individuals decide to take up.
From Tuesday 1 October 2013 the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will rise
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The LPC's 2023 report on compliance and enforcement presents data on underpayment and explores the persistence of underpayment for individual workers.
Framework documents setting out the relationship between the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and our public bodies.
The Low Pay Commission Secretariat's business plan for the 2024/25 financial year.
This page collects the research projects commissioned by the LPC to inform its 2023 recommendations.
An independent research report from researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, reviewing the experiences of those paid the Apprentice Rate of the minimum wage.
Government accepts NMW recommendations
This page collects the annual reports from the Low Pay Commission to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
The Low Pay Commission is an independent body that advises the government about the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage.
Low-paid workers across the country will receive a pay increase this weekend as all rates of the National Minimum Wage rise.
Workers on the minimum wage will receive a higher percentage increase in pay than most other workers across the economy.
This report sets out the Low Pay Commission's analysis of underpayment of the minimum wage and the enforcement regime.
The Low Pay Commission's annual report for 2022 sets out in full the evidence used to inform its recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates.
This report contains the LPC's response to the Government's request to make recommendations on 'one-sided flexibility', as identified in the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.
This report contains the LPC's analysis of the expected effects of the 1 April 2018 minimum wage increases.
The age threshold for the National Living Wage changes from 25 to 23 as the rate increases on 1 April.
The Low Pay Commission publishes its 2023 Report looking at compliance and enforcement of the National Minimum Wage.
Includes recommendations for the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates to apply from April 2017.
The Low Pay Commission is seeking evidence to inform recommendations on minimum wage rates in 2024 and beyond.
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