Young workers demand equal pay for equal work
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Far from giving young people a 'step up', the Government's National Living Wage does not currently apply to workers aged under 25 meaning that in 2020 younger workers can be paid up to 47% less than their older colleagues doing the same job, even if they are more experienced.
GMB analysis of the latest figures reveal that half a million young people in the UK are affected by these lower wage rates - people with young families to look after and housing costs to pay, who cannot afford their living costs even with two adults working as they are trapped in low-paid work with little guaranteed hours.
The Government's so-called National Living Wage is nothing more than a rebranded minimum wage, discriminating on the basis of age. It's time these wage bands were scrapped by applying the National Living Wage to under 25s, and increasing it to a real living wage workers can live on.
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