Pause minimum wage convergence or risk youth jobs, warns REC

Published byREC06 Jul 2026|OpinionPause minimum wage convergence or risk youth jobs, warns RECAmid national concern about the need to get more young people into work, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) argues for a pause to the narrowing of the gap between the National Minimum Wage with the National Living Wage.The REC is calling on the Low Pay Commission to maintain difference in youth wage rates. Abolishing youth rates will only make the government’s aim to get nearly one