The government has set out its annual minimum wage remit to the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC). It has asked the LPC to conduct its annual review of different National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates and make recommendations on the levels it believes should apply from October 2015. Alongside this request, the government has asked the LPC to make recommendations on 2 new areas this year (2014). Firstly, to focus on how minimum wage rates for apprentices can be simplified. Secondly, the government has once again asked the LPC to assess whether we can see above inflation increases in minimum wage rates without harming employment, when it makes its recommendations for the 2015 rates.

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