Pay rise for labourers to avoid breaking minimum wage laws

Construction employers are being forced to give labourers a pay rise to avoid breaking national minimum wage rules.
Minimum rates under the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) have become so low that employers have been forced to act outside of the normal pay negotiations.
The general operative rate currently stands at £10.26 an hour. But that rate will become illegal on 1 April 2023, when the national minimum wage rises to £10.40 an hour. The CIJC is increasing the general op