Source: IRS Employment Review Issue: 659 Date: 16-03-2007 Publisher: IRS

National minimum wage survey (2): Youth rates

TOPICS:
pay and benefits pay levels and awards
statutory rates and benefits
equal opportunities age

SECTORS:
manufacturing (other)
public services
retail and wholesale

AUTHOR: Michael Carty


The second part of our survey of employers' attitudes to the national minimum wage reveals that the majority of respondents pay above the statutory minimum rates for younger workers, despite widespread support for age-related minima.

Current minimum rates for 18- to 21-year-olds
Chart 1: Minimum pay rates among survey respondents for workers aged 18 to 21
Minimum rates for 16- and 17-year-olds
Chart 2: Minimum pay rates among survey respondents for workers aged 16 and 17
Compliance with the 2006 NMW uprating
Attitudes to the 2006 NMW uprating
Views on the current statutory rates
Age laws may have forced the pace of change…
… but one-third support NMW age bands
Table 1: What is the minimum hourly rate paid to the following groups in your organisation?
Table 2: Has your organisation had to increase its minimum hourly rates for the following groups as a result of the October 2006 uprating?


Key points

  • Only a quarter (26.4%) of employers pay a minimum rate for workers aged between 18 and 21 pitched lower than their minimum adult rate.
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