TUC: Under 21s face £2.5 billion minimum wage “pay penalty” for being young workers NEW ANALYSIS: Almost one million under-21s “left hugely out of pocket” due to “unfair” minimum wage rates It’s time for an “overhaul” of the minimum wage rates and a £15 minimum wage as soon as possible, says TUC The TUC has today (Friday) published new analysis which reveals 900,000 under-21s across the UK are currently being left “massively out of pocket”... Read more
Increasing minimum wage to £10 an hour would give over 170,000 childcare workers a pay rise, says TUC New analysis shows around 173,000 childcare workers across the UK would benefit from raising the minimum wage to £10 an hour Women, young people, and workers in the south east and south west of England would gain the most TUC calls for urgent cash boost to the childcare sector, and an immediate increase in the minimum wage to at least £10 an hour ... Read more
