| Press Release 1 September 2005 Lincolnshire
Three Low Pay Commissioners
will visit North East Lincolnshire on a fact-finding visit
about the National Minimum Wage on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 September
2005.
Paul Gates, Ian Hay and Willy Brown will meet representatives from
the retail sector to hear at first hand the impact the National
Minimum Wage is having on businesses and employees.
Low Pay Commissioner
Willy Brown said: We want to hear the views of all groups with an
interest in the minimum wage. Listening to those directly affected
by the minimum wage is a crucial part of the Commission’s work in
making recommendations to the Government.
We welcome the opportunity to hear how it has affected people
in Lincolnshire.
Notes to Editors
1. The Low Pay Commission is a statutory body whose
role is to advise the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
2. The Commission has produced six reports.
These are available from the Stationery Office Bookshops
or the Commission’s website at: http://www.lowpay.gov.uk
3. The members of the Low Pay Commission are:
Adair Turner (Chairman), Vice-Chairman, Merrill Lynch Holdings Ltd;
Ian Brinkley, Chief Economist and Head of Economic and Social Affairs
Department, Trades Union Congress; Professor William Brown CBE,
Professor of Industrial Relations and Master of Darwin College,
University of Cambridge; John Cridland, Deputy Director-General,
CBI; Paul Gates OBE, Deputy General Secretary, Community; Ian Hay
OBE, Chairman, Food Trade Association Management; Professor David
Metcalf, Professor of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics;
Heather Wakefield, Head of Local Government, UNISON; and Angie Risley,
Board Member, Whitbread Group PLC.
4. The National Minimum Wage for those over
21 is £4.85 per hour. For those aged 18 to 21 or over 21 but in
the first six months of a new job with a new employer and receiving
accredited training, the rate is £4.10 per hour. The Government
has accepted the Commission’s recommendation that there should be
further increases to £5.05 and £4.25 respectively from 1 October
2005. The minimum wage for 16 and 17 year olds of £3.00 an hour
will remain the same in 2005.
Low Pay Commission
8th Floor
Oxford House
76 Oxford Street
LONDON
W1D 1BS
Tel. 020 7467 7279
http://www.lowpay.gov.uk
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