This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government
Petition Scrap the minimum wage for under 25's and have a blanket wage for all ages
A school leaver with top grades vs a middle aged individual with no qualifications - who deems it fair to give the school leaver £3.20 less just because of their age? Just because they don't have as much life experience? How is it justifiable to disadvantage minors? WE are the future generation!
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Here is the table of the minimum wages. Here you can see a difference between the lowest and highest category of ages. A huge unjustifiable £4 difference in places?
Year 25 and over 21 to 24 18 to 20 Under 18 Apprentice
(current rate) £7.20 £6.95 £5.55 £4.00 £3.40
April 2017 £7.50 £7.05 £5.60 £4.05 £3.50
For example here, say a teenager who is studying at collage 4 days a week lands themselves a part time weekend job; that's 16 hours at £4. £64 a week. £256 a month. It's slavery!
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