New £5.93 minimum wage rate and new rate for apprentices announced

Fair Pay News | on: Thursday, 25 March 2010

From: http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=412635&NewsAreaID=2The Government has today confirmed that it has accepted the recommendations from the Low Pay Commission (LPC) on the new rates for the National Minimum Wage, as referred to in yesterday’s Budget. The new rates, which will come into force on 1 October 2010 will be: read more



A Wage to Live in Dignity

Fair Pay News | on: Friday, 12 March 2010

By Donald Hirschhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/09/higher-minimum-wage-campaignSympathetic obituarists of New Labour will struggle to identify in its legacy a true step forward for social justice: it has certainly put this concept back on the political agenda, yet social inequalities remain as great in many respects as those inherited in 1997. Yet one of read more