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This report by the Low Pay Commission looks at the latest evidence on underpayment and enforcement of the minimum wage.
An update to the Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME) commissioned assessment on the scale and nature of precarious working in the UK.
Read the full interim report on measuring the scale and nature of labour…
The strategy covers 4 main themes: improving the radar picture, improving focus on effectiveness, better joined-up thinking, and better engagement and support with business and workers.
This report sets out a summary of the government’s evidence and analysis on the enforcement of the National Living and National Minimum Wage.
Data and commentary on demand for occupations in the UK labour market.
Projections of the types of jobs in the UK labour market, and the skills workers will need, up to 2035.
UK armed forces veterans, labour market variables by personal characteristics. Data includes employment status, highest qualification, industry and occupation.
Annual UK estimates of the number of children living in households where all adults have not worked for at least 12 months.
This short report looks at the impact of the increase in National Minimum Wage rates in April 2024, and projects the National Living Wage rate for April 2025.
This page contains the Low Pay Commission's advice to the Government on minimum wage policy beyond 2024.
Research commissioned in 2022 to inform recommendations to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
This page collects the research projects commissioned by the LPC to inform its 2023 recommendations.
This report sets out the evidence the LPC relied on to recommend the rates of the National Minimum Wage, including the National Living Wage, from April 2024.
An independent research report from researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, reviewing the experiences of those paid the Apprentice Rate of the minimum wage.
The Government has announced National Minimum Wage rates for April 2024, including the National Living Wage.
The LPC's 2023 report on compliance and enforcement presents data on underpayment and explores the persistence of underpayment for individual workers.
This page contains the research reports commissioned by the Low Pay Commission which were used to inform our 2021 Report.
The Low Pay Commission's annual report for 2022 sets out in full the evidence used to inform its recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates.
This report sets out a summary of the government’s evidence and analysis on the enforcement of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.
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