APA welcomes the planned increases to the national minimum wage, set out recently by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. Gareth Osborne said: "The announcement to increase the minimum wage for adults by 1.9% and to increase the youth and apprenticeship rate by 1% is a welcome one. APA believes that most employers support the concept of the minimum wage and support increasing it to boost the living standards of lower paid workers*. This is particularly important given the Government's efforts to reform the benefit system and incentivise work, especially for the long-term unemployed.
"We also
welcome the announcement that there will be a stronger set of measures put in
place to enforce the minimum wage. Many employers already pay more than the
minimum wage but it is good to see that more will be done to ensure that the
small minority of rogue businesses, who are exploiting their workers by not
acting within the law, will be brought to book."
APA
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