Submitted on Monday 25th July 2016
Rejected on Friday 29th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop Basing Minimum Wage and Benefits on Age.
The minimum wage for 18-20 year olds is 27.4% less than for 25+ year olds.
The government's policies allow for an unequal system, whereby people can legally face age-based discrimination through less pay.
This needs to change. Equal pay for equal work.
https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
https://www.gov.uk/income-support/what-youll-get
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance
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There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131920
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