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Press Release 28 July 2005 LOW PAY COMMISSION VISIT TO CUMBRIA
Two Low Pay Commissioners will visit Cumbria on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage
on Friday 29 July 2005.
Ian Hay and Willy Brown will be meeting representatives from the
hospitality, hairdressing, social care and childcare sectors to
hear at first hand what impact the National Minimum Wage is having
on businesses and on employees and welcome the opportunity to hear
how it has affected people in Cumbria. Low Pay Commissioner Ian Hay 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. 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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