Source: Telegraph
The minimum wage may be pricing young people out of work because employers are finding it too expensive to give them their first job, Government pay advisers have said.
Firms may be reluctant to create jobs by recruiting inexperienced staff because they are put off by the increased wage bill, the Low Pay Commission has suggested.
The Commission’s intervention comes amid calls from businesses for minsters to freeze or even cut the rate to enable more young people to find work.
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