THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

FIRST REPORT OF THE LOW PAY COMMISSION

The Low Pay Commission’s First Report to the Prime Minister was published in June 1998; it provides a detailed description of the incidence of low pay, the work of the Commission and the background to its recommendations. The main findings and recommendations of the Commission’s report are outlined below. The text is taken from the full report, copies of which may be obtained from The Stationery Office. (Cm 3976). The full text version for each section is provided here in portable document format (pdf). These files require the freely available Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them.
 

  Title and Contents  (70Kb)
  Chairman’s Foreword and The Commissioners  (25Kb)
  Executive Summary and Recommendations  (52Kb)
  1  Introduction  (36Kb)
  2  What We Did  (98Kb)
  3  Pattern of Low Pay  (165Kb)
  4  Defining the Wage  (66Kb)
  5  Training and Development  (127Kb)
  6  Choosing the Rate  (164Kb)
  7  Assessing the Impact  (83Kb)
  8  Implementing and Enforcing  (55Kb)
  9  Conclusion  (20Kb)
  Appendices  (527Kb)

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