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    Ministers urged to consider changes to minimum wage eligibility

    by Alan Jones Mar 27, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    The Government is being urged to consider reducing the age of eligibility for the national minimum wage and cutting the gap between  adult and youth rates.

    Recommendations from the Low Pay Commission come ahead of increases in the hourly rates from April 1.

    The commission said the rate is set to reach a long-standing target of two-thirds of median hourly earnings for workers aged over 21.

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