Charities: Minimum Wage
(asked on 13th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of raising the minimum wage on the capacity of charities to deliver public services.
This question was answered on 18th November 2015
The National Living Wage will benefit low paid workers across all sectors, including charity workers delivering public services on behalf of the state.
Government is taking steps to support employers with the transition. For example, the employer National Insurance Bill for businesses and charities will be cut by £1000 from April 2016.