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  • The National Minimum Wage in 2024

    This short report looks at the impact of the increase in National Minimum Wage rates in April 2024, and projects the National Living Wage rate for April 2025.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • The National Minimum Wage Beyond 2024

    This page contains the Low Pay Commission's advice to the Government on minimum wage policy beyond 2024.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • Low Pay Commission research 2022

    Research commissioned in 2022 to inform recommendations to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • Low Pay Commission research 2023

    This page collects the research projects commissioned by the LPC to inform its 2023 recommendations.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • Low Pay Commission Report 2023

    This report sets out the evidence the LPC relied on to recommend the rates of the National Minimum Wage, including the National Living Wage, from April 2024.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • Experiences and Perceived Impacts of Apprenticeship Minimum Wage

    An independent research report from researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, reviewing the experiences of those paid the Apprentice Rate of the minimum wage.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
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  • Minimum wage rates for 2024

    The Government has announced National Minimum Wage rates for April 2024, including the National Living Wage.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2023 to 2024

    The strategy covers 4 main themes: improving the radar picture, improving focus on effectiveness, better joined-up thinking, and better engagement and support with business and workers.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Organisation: Department for Business and Trade
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  • Compliance and enforcement of the National Minimum Wage

    The LPC's 2023 report on compliance and enforcement presents data on underpayment and explores the persistence of underpayment for individual workers.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
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  • Low Pay Commission research 2021

    This page contains the research reports commissioned by the Low Pay Commission which were used to inform our 2021 Report.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • Low Pay Commission Report 2022

    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.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: National Minimum Wage: Low Pay Commission reports
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage: government evidence on enforcement and compliance, 2022

    This report sets out a summary of the government’s evidence and analysis on the enforcement of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Department for Business and Trade
    • Updated:
  • Nudging the minimum wage: improving communications with employers

    This report outlines research on making HMRC’s email communications to employers as effective as possible to further encourage compliance with minimum wage legislation.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Department for Business and Trade
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  • The National Minimum Wage in 2023

    This report by the Low Pay Commission marks the increase in all rates of the National Minimum Wage in April 2023 and looks ahead to rates for 2024 and beyond.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • Labour market and skills projections: 2020 to 2035

    Projections of the types of jobs in the UK labour market, and the skills workers will need, up to 2035.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Job and skills data
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Worker movements and inactivity in the UK: 2019 to 2022

    Commentary on UK worker movements and increased inactivity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic compared with other countries.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Organisation: Office for National Statistics
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  • Minimum wage rates for 2023

    This letter and short report sets out the Low Pay Commission's recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates for April 2023.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • Minimum wage underpayment in Leicester textiles manufacturers

    The Low Pay Commission's 2022 compliance and enforcement report looks at the example of the Leicester textiles sector.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
    • Updated:
  • The National Living Wage Review (2015-2020)

    This review covers the period up to April 2020, when the National Living Wage reached the Government’s initial target of 60 per cent of median earnings.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Low Pay Commission
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  • National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage: government evidence on enforcement and compliance, 2021

    This report sets out a summary of government’s evidence and analysis on the enforcement of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
    • Updated: