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Low Pay Commission
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020 7271 0450
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E-mail:
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The Commissioners

Chairman's Foreword

Executive Summary

Recommendations

List of Figures

List of Tables

1. Introduction

2. Aggregate Impact of the National Minimum Wage

3. Low-paying Sectors and Small Firms

4. Particular Groups of Workers

5. Young People

6. Apprentices

7. Compliance and Enforcement

8. Setting the Rates

Appendices

Abbreviations and Glossary

Select Bibliography

 
 
National Minimum Wage
Low Pay Commission Report 2009
List of Tables


 

1.1

Evolution of the National Minimum Wage, 1999–2008

2.1

Actual Outturn and Revised Forecasts Compared with 2008 Report Forecasts, UK, 2008–2009

2.2

Jobs Held by Adults (Aged 22 and Over) Paying Below the Existing National Minimum Wage and the Forthcoming National Minimum Wage, UK, 1999–2008

2.3

National Minimum Wage as a Percentage of Various Points on the Earnings Distribution, Employees Aged 22 and Over, UK, 1999–2008

2.4

Change in Employment, Jobs and Unemployment in Each National Minimum Wage Period, UK, 1999–2008

3.1

Percentage of Employee Jobs Held by Those Aged 18 and Over Paid At or Below the Adult Minimum Wage, by Sector, UK, 2006–2008

3.2

Change in Employee Jobs, by Low-paying Industry, GB, December 2008

4.1

Hourly Gender Pay Gaps, Full-time Workers Aged 18 Years and Over, UK, 1997–2008

4.2

Migration Statistics, Thousands, UK, 2002–2007

5.1

Proportion of Jobs Held by 18–21 Year Olds, by National Minimum Wage Rate, UK, 2004–2008

5.2

Gross Hourly Earnings for Young People, by Age, UK, 2006–2008

5.3

Bite of the Minimum Wage, by Age, UK, 2008

5.4

Proportion of Jobs Held by 16–17 Year Olds, by National Minimum Wage Rate, UK, 2004–2008

6.1

Pre-apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Schemes and Financial Support, by Country, 2008/09

7.1

National Minimum Wage Enquiries and Complaints to HMRC and Enforcement Action Taken, 2005/06–2007/08

8.1

Change in Output, Employment and Unemployment in Recent Recessions, UK, 1973–2009

8.2

Actual Outturn and Independent Forecasts of GDP Growth, Inflation and Average Earnings, UK, 2008–2011

8.3

Estimated Number and Percentage of Jobs Covered by the Recommended October 2009 National Minimum Wage Upratings, UK, 2009

8.4

Estimated Exchequer Yield and Savings from the 2009 National Minimum Wage Uprating, £ million, UK, 2009/10

A2.1

Low Pay Commission Research Projects for the 2009 Report

A3.1

Responses to the Survey, 2008

A3.2

Size Distribution of Responding Firms, by Sector, 2008

A3.3

Number of Employees in the Responding Firms, 2008

A3.4

Reasons for Increasing Pay Rates as a Result of the October 2007 Increases in the National Minimum Wage, 2008

A3.5

Changes Made as a Result of the October 2007 Increases in the National Minimum Wage, 2008

A3.6

Changes to Business as a Result of the October 2007 Increases in the National Minimum Wage, 2008

A3.7

Paid Leave Entitlement, by Size of Firm, 2008

A5.1

Comparison of Level of Minimum Wages Across Countries, 2008

A5.2

Adult Minimum Wages Relative to Full-time Median Earnings, by Country, 2007

A5.3

Uprating of Minimum Wages, by Country, 2008

A5.4

Enforcement of Minimum Wages, by Country, 2008

A5.5

Age Variations Under Minimum Wage Systems, by Country, 2008

A5.6

Youth Minimum Wages as a Percentage of Adult Minimum Wage Rates, by Country, 2008

A5.7

National Minimum Wages and Apprenticeships, by Country, 2008

 

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