UK minimum wage gets largest ever raise

Published on 24th March 2020

The government has announced a 6.2% increase in the National Living Wage (NLW), which applies to workers aged 25 and over from 1 April 2020. The NLW will rise from the current rate of £8.21 to £8.72 an hour.

Workers aged under 25 earning the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will also see increases of between 4.6% and 6.5%, depending on their age.

Commenting on the rise, Bryan Sanderson, Chair of the Low Pay Commission (LPC), said: ‘The NLW has been an ambitious long-term intervention in the labour market. The rate has increased faster than inflation, faster than average earnings and faster than most international comparators.

‘This has raised pay for millions without costing jobs, although employers have had to make a variety of other adjustments to deal with the increases.’

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