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Chairman's Foreword

The Commissioners

Executive Summary

Recommendations

List of Figures

List of Tables

1. Introduction

2 The Impact of the National Minimum Wage

3 Groups of Workers

4 Compliance and Enforcement

5 Setting the Rates

Appendices

Abbreviations

Bibliography

 
 
National Minimum Wage
Low Pay Commission Report 2008
List of Tables

2.1 Actual Outturn Compared with Forecasts, UK, 2007

2.2 National Minimum Wage Hourly Rates, UK, 1999–2008

2.3 Jobs Held By Adults (Aged 22 and Over) Paying Below the Existing National Minimum Wage and the Forthcoming National Minimum Wage, UK, 1999–2007

2.4 The National Minimum Wage as a Percentage of Various Points on the Earnings Distribution, UK, 1999–2007

2.5 Percentage and Cash Increases in the National Minimum Wage Compared with Selected Points on the Earnings Distribution, UK, 2000–2008

2.6 Percentage of Employee Jobs Held by those Aged 18 and Over Paid at the Adult Minimum Wage or Below by Low-paying Sector, UK, 2006–2007

2.7 Summary of Labour Market Data, UK, 2005–2007

2.8 Change in Employee Jobs, Whole Economy and Low-paying Sectors, GB, 1998–2007

3.1 Proportion of Jobs Held by 16–17 Year Olds at the National Minimum Wage Rates, UK, 2004–2007

3.2 Proportion of Jobs Held by 18–21 Year Olds at the National Minimum Wage Rates, UK, 2004–2007

3.3 Gross Hourly Earnings for Young People by Age, UK, 2005–2007

4.1 National Minimum Wage: Enquiries and Complaints to HMRC and Enforcement Action Taken, 2004–2007

5.1 Actual Outturn and Independent Forecasts of GDP Growth, Inflation and Average Earnings, UK, 2007–2009

5.2 Estimated Number and Percentage of Jobs Covered by the Recommended October 2008 National Minimum Wage Upratings, UK, 2008

5.3 Government Savings from the 2008 National Minimum Wage Upratings, £ Million, UK, 2008–2009

A2.1 Low Pay Commission Research Projects for the 2008 Report

A4.1 Comparison of Level of Minimum Wages Across Countries, End 2007

A4.2 Adult Minimum Wages Relative to Full-time Median Earnings, Mid-2006

 
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