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04/12/2015
Employment Minister Encourages Submissions To LPC
Parties interested in the National Minimum Wage are being encouraged to make submissions to the Low Pay Commission (LPC).
Employment Minister Ged Nash is urging interested persons to make their submissions as the LPC begins a new phase of work.
The Minister has tasked the independent body to examine two other areas relating to low pay.
It is to investigate the preponderance of women on the National Minimum Wage along with the underlying causes and appropriateness of the sub-minima rates which currently apply to young people.
Minister Nash said: "We have fundamentally changed the way that the national minimum wage is set through the establishment of the Low Pay Commission and I am pleased that this independent body is now moving onto its next phase of work.
"I have requested that it examines issues relating to women, who represent the majority of those who earn the minimum wage, and also to young people who can be paid lower rates See table for sub-minima rates of the minimum wage.
"The Low Pay Commission is also gearing up for its second year examining the appropriateness of the rate of the National Minimum Wage and as part of that process is it seeking submissions on that matter."
(LM)
Employment Minister Ged Nash is urging interested persons to make their submissions as the LPC begins a new phase of work.
The Minister has tasked the independent body to examine two other areas relating to low pay.
It is to investigate the preponderance of women on the National Minimum Wage along with the underlying causes and appropriateness of the sub-minima rates which currently apply to young people.
Minister Nash said: "We have fundamentally changed the way that the national minimum wage is set through the establishment of the Low Pay Commission and I am pleased that this independent body is now moving onto its next phase of work.
"I have requested that it examines issues relating to women, who represent the majority of those who earn the minimum wage, and also to young people who can be paid lower rates See table for sub-minima rates of the minimum wage.
"The Low Pay Commission is also gearing up for its second year examining the appropriateness of the rate of the National Minimum Wage and as part of that process is it seeking submissions on that matter."
(LM)
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