Employee rights, pay and benefits: 

• Current rates for National Minimum Wage

Trade boards – precursors of the wages councils and today’s National Minimum Wage – were first enacted one hundred years ago in October 1909. Simon Deakin and Francis Green trace the legacy of a century of minimum wages in Britain.

Publisher - Centre for Economic Performance:

• Link to original paper
• Centre for Ecomonic Performance Website
• Address - Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
• Copyright © CEP & LSE 2003 - 2009
  

The UK’s National Minimum Wage arguably represents the Labour government’s most significant intervention in the labour market. In the latest contribution to CEP’s ‘big ideas’ series, Alan Manning describes the Centre’s role in providing the intellectual context for the policy, advising on its implementation and evaluating its impact.

Publisher - Centre for Economic Performance:

• Link to original paper
• Centre for Ecomonic Performance Website
• Address - Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
• Copyright © CEP & LSE 2003 - 2009