National minimum wage: Low Pay Commission's 2010 report
The Low Pay Commission's 2010 report contains a wealth of information about the UK's national minimum wage, which will rise again in October 2010. This feature reviews the impact of the minimum wage, and also looks at the related concept of a "living wage".
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Minimum wage rises by 61% over
the decade
Chart 1: Increases in the real and relative value
of the adult national minimum wage, 1999 to 2009
Setting the
2010 rates
Box 1: The Low Pay Commission's recommendations
as accepted by the Government
Sectors and occupations most
affected by the minimum wage
Chart 2: Industries with the
highest proportion of minimum wage jobs, 2009
Minimum wage
for apprentices
Youth rates and the labour market for young
people
Compliance and enforcement
From
a minimum wage to a living wage?
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