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National Minimum Wage: response to the Low Pay Commission’s spring 2016 report

Provides the government's responses to the Low Pay Commission recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates.

From:
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Published
14 March 2016

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National Minimum Wage: government response to the Low Pay Commission’s spring 2016 report

Ref: BIS/16/169

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Explains the government’s responses to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) recommendations. The LPC has recommended that the hourly rates for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) should increase in October 2016:

  • from £6.70 to £6.95 for workers aged 21 and older
  • from £5.30 to £5.55 for workers aged 18 to 20
  • from £3.87 to £4.00 for workers aged 16 to 17
  • from £3.30 to £3.40 for apprentices

The government accepts these recommendations in full.

Published 14 March 2016

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