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Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

Should the government raise the national minimum wage?

Tabled in 2015, and officially introduced in 2016, the National Living Wage is a wage scheme designed to be higher than the minimum wage. It applies to all those aged 23 and up who are not in the first year of an apprenticeship. From 1 April 2022, the National Living Wage stands at £9.50 per hour. For the vast majority of workers in the UK, the minimum wage in 2022 will see increases across the board across each relevant age range. That includes wages for 16-17-year-olds (£4.81 with a 4.1% increase), 18-20-year-olds (£6.83 with a 4.1% increase) and 21-22-year-olds (£9.18 with a 9.8% increase).

81%
Yes
18%
No
68%
Yes
14%
No
7%
Yes, and adjust it every year according to inflation
2%
No, this will only cause prices to increase in a never ending cycle
5%
Yes, and make it a living wage
1%
No, most minimum wage jobs are meant to develop experience, not support a family
0%
No, and eliminate all wage standards

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 @93K65S5answered…2yrs2Y

It should be enough so people can afford their bills and petrol, the rise of cost for everything but minimum wage only goes up a little every year and it also should not be different for age groups as they are doing the same job as someone else but paid less is not fair

 @942YTGPanswered…2yrs2Y

Yes, and adjust it every year above inflation.

 @97K667Manswered…1yr1Y

No and abolish minimum wage but companies should be competitive with wages.

 @9LQM6KCanswered…19hrs19H

Corporate should pay national living wage and small businesses should be able to choose between basic to living minimum wage deping on net of the business

 @9LQ8G24answered…1 day1D

Yes, and 18-21 year olds should be the same as everyone else as we don’t live with our parents but employers assume we do and think we don’t have rent and bills

 @9LMN6TLanswered…5 days5D

Yes, but only if they’re going to increase the personal allowance to match. You shouldn’t be punishing the bottom earners of the country for something mandated by the government.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4wks4W

Mass Layoffs At California Restaurants Ahead Of $20 Hourly Wage Mandate

California restaurants are reportedly laying off staff and reducing hours for other team members in an effort to cut costs ahead of a California state law taking effect on April 1 that will raise fast-food workers’ hourly wage to $20.In the months leading up to the wage mandate, California eateries, particularly pizza joints, have established a plan to cut jobs, according to state records obtained by The Wall Street Journal.Pizza Hut and Round Table Pizza — a Menlo Park, Calif.-founded chain of 400 pizza parlors, mostly on the West Coast — have said they plan to lay off around 1,280 delivery drivers this year, according to records that major employers must submit to the state before large layoffs, The Journal reported.Pizza Hut already sent notices to employees informing them of their last day.Michael Ojeda, a Pizza Hut driver for eight years in Ontario, Calif., received one of the notes from Pizza Hut franchisee Southern California Pizza in December telling him that his last day of work would be in February.Southern California Pizza — which operates 224 Pizza Huts in the greater Los Angeles area — offered $400 in severance if Ojeda stayed through February, according to The Journal.But Ojeda, who told the outlet that he made hundreds of dollars a week in wages and tips as a delivery driver, decided to claim unemployment instead. “Pizza Hut was my career for nearly a decade and with little to no notice it was taken away,” said 29-year-old Ojeda, who was supporting his mother and partner on his Pizza Hut delivery wages.

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