Research and analysis

National minimum wage: final government evidence for the Low Pay Commission Spring 2016 report

Sets out the government’s evidence and analysis to the Low Pay Commission on national minimum wage policy.

From:
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Published
29 January 2016

Documents

Final government evidence for the Low Pay Commission's 2016 report

Ref: BIS/16/92

PDF, 1.22 MB, 56 pages

Enforcement tables 13 to 17: final government evidence for the Low Pay Commission's 2016 report

Ref: BIS/16/92/A

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21.8 KB

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Details

Provides evidence to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to help them monitor, evaluate, and review the national minimum wage and its impact, and make recommendations for future rates.

The evidence covers:

  • the macroeconomic context
  • trends in employment
  • trends in pay
  • non-compliance with the national minimum wage

This publication is based on data and statistics available in December 2015 and was submitted to the LPC subsequently.

Published 29 January 2016

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