Submitted on Thursday 24th December 2015
Rejected on Thursday 7th January 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
End age-based wage discrimination: raise national & living wage for young people
Young people under 25 are paid lower rates of national and living wage for the same roles. This is age based discrimination. It impacts disproportionately on those just setting out in life and least able to absorb financial shocks, leaving them most vulnerable to being in poverty and deprivation.
See recent reports on young persons deteriorating position:
Equality and Human Rights Commission Is Britain a Fairer? 2015
JRF State of the Nation 2015
NPI Monitoring Poverty & Social Exclusion 2015
IFS evolution of wealth in Great Britain 2015
MAS It's time to talk 2014
MAS UK Financial Capability Strategy 2015
UK Govt benefit sanctions data Nov 2015 indicates 44% of sanctions were applied to those under 25, a highly disproportionate equality impact.
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