August 2006

The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has been advised to consider the impact of any increase in the national minimum wage on small businesses, which is a change to the current remit of their considerations. The government has told the LPC that it must look carefully at the impact the decision will have and to make ‘particular reference to the effect on pay, employment and competitiveness in the low paying sectors and small firms’.

The current limit of £5.05 an hour, for workers over the age of 22, will rise to £5.35 in October.

Internet links:

Telegraph article and Government announcement and National Minimum Wage rates