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Make the National Living Wage standard for 18 - 25 year olds

Submitted on Thursday 9th June 2016

Rejected on Monday 13th June 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Make the National Living Wage standard for 18 - 25 year olds

Petition Details

Britain's youth are being exploited, with the cost of universities also rising there needs to be a viable alternative to higher education. This is a petition to give people the wage they work for without prejudice against age. A modern society should be free from institutionalised agism.

Additional Information

The classic arguments against increasing the minimum wage for those under 25 are null.

"To encourage young people to stay in education" - Most people finish an undergraduate course aged 23 or under. Are they not worthy of a 'living wage' ?

"Younger people may be under skilled" - So could a 50 year old. Replace this broken system with an "introductory wage" forcing employers to raise the wage a certain amount of time on lower pay, while the employee gains the skills needed.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

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