Introduction Of The National Living Wage And Employee Contracts

EDM number 1381 in 2015-16, proposed by Dawn Butler on 18/04/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Incomes and poverty, Industrial relations and Pay.

That this House is aware that employers are currently seeking to offset the increased costs of implementation of the national living wage (NLW) policy by reducing long-standing terms and conditions by removing shift premium payments, overtime rates, sick pay and bank holiday pay; notes that the level of the NLW will fail even to coincide with the rate presently recommended by the Living Wage Foundation until 2020; further notes, therefore, that throughout the term of the current Parliament workers paid the NLW will not receive a level of pay on which they can afford to live; is deeply concerned that this measure will do nothing whatsoever to end the exploitation of workers under 25 years of age; is further concerned that employees turning 25 may find their hours significantly reduced; believes that this is designed to distract people from the Government's real agenda to cut in-work benefits; and calls for immediate introduction of a universal £10 per hour national minimum wage without age restriction, an end to the culture of zero hours contracts, and for increased protections to contractual terms and conditions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.