Living Wage
(asked on 5th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the national living wage on the number of low skilled jobs since the introduction of that wage.
Independent experts at the Low Pay Commission monitor the effects of the National Living Wage (NLW) on behalf of BEIS. Their autumn 2016 report found;
“official data do not yet show clear evidence of NLW effects on employment or hours… Our analysis suggests that the group of workers most likely paid at the NLW (women, ethnic minorities, migrants, disabled people, those with no qualifications, 25-29 year olds, 60-64 year olds) had a relatively strong performance in the labour market in the year to June 2016.” 1
The Low Pay Commission will continue to monitor the effects of the NLW and will report again later this year.