National Minimum Wage: Low Pay Commission Report 2017. Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy by Command of Her Majesty November 2017

Publication type

Parliamentary Paper

Series Number

Cm 9536

Series

Command Paper (Great Britain. Parliament)

Publication date

November 15, 2017

Summary:

This report sets out the LPC’s recommendations for the minimum wage rates to apply from April 2018. This covers the National Living Wage (NLW) applicable to those aged 25 and over, the 21-24 Year Old Rate, the 18-20 Year Old Rate, the 16-17 Year Old Rate, and the Apprentice Rate. We also recommend a rate for the Accommodation Offset.

Subjects

Link

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-low-pay-commission-report-2017

Notes

References: Brewer, M., T. Crossley and F. Zilio, 2015. What Do We Really Know about the Employment Effects of the National Minimum Wage? An Illustration of the Low Power of Difference-in-difference Designs. Paper presented at the Fourth Society of Labor Economists/European Association of Labour Economists in Montreal. June. (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex.)

References: Brewer, M., R. May and D. Phillips, 2009. Taxes, Benefits and the National Minimum Wage. Research Report for the Low Pay Commission. October. (Institute for Fiscal Studies.)

References: Brewer, M. and P. De Agostini, 2013. National Minimum Wage: a Focus on Universal Credit. Research Report for the Low Pay Commission. February. (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex.)

References: Brewer, M. and P. De Agostini, 2017. The National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage and the Tax and Benefit System. Research Report for the Low Pay Commission. October. (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex.)

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