Submitted on Wednesday 9th March 2022
Rejected on Monday 14th March 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Raise minimum wage for under 18s to the equivalent of over 18s
Raise the minimum wage for under 18s from £4.62 to the equivalent of Over 18s.
People are taking advantage of under 18s by employing them knowing that they can pay them far less and get away with it. £4.62 for 1 hours work is in no way fair considering over 18s are getting paid considerably more.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand you're concerned about the minimum wage for under-18s. However the equivalent of the national minimum wage for over-18s, known as the national living wage, increases steadily between the ages of 18 and 23. It's therefore not clear which of these wages you want under-18s to be required to be paid. You can find out more about these rates here: www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates.
You might like to sign this petition which calls for a very similar action:
'Make the minimum wage equal for all': petition.parliament.uk/petitions/600960
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