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The adaptation of hospitality and retail firms to the NMW: a focus on the impact of age‐related clauses
Author(s) -
Langlois Michèle,
Lucas Rosemary
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2005.00346.x
Subject(s) - hospitality , government (linguistics) , hospitality industry , labour economics , distortion (music) , wage , business , adaptation (eye) , empirical evidence , focus (optics) , demographic economics , economics , public economics , market economy , political science , psychology , tourism , law , amplifier , epistemology , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , physics , cmos , optics , electronic engineering , neuroscience
A lower national minimum wage for 18‐ to 21‐year‐olds and the exclusion of all workers under 18 prompted fears of a distortion in the British labour market and an undermining of training initiatives. Empirical data collected from employers in two low paying sectors, revealing the full utilisation of young workers and under‐utilisation of training initiatives, ensure these fears are not justified and that the government's basis for the lower rate cannot be substantiated.