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Minimum Wage
A minimum wage is a legally-enforced pay floor in the labour market. The UK National Minimum Wage (NMW) applies to most workers and sets minimum hourly rates of pay, which are updated annually.
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Lidl lifts pay ahead of minimum wage rise
12th February 2025
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Continued Debate over the US Minimum Wage
27th September 2024
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Labour Markets | Classroom Posters / Handouts
Poster / Student Handout
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Poverty Deepening in Modern Britain
24th March 2024
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UK Government Raises Minimum Wage by 10%
22nd November 2023
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4.1.6.6 National Minimum Wage (AQA A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)
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1.4.1 Minimum Prices (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)
Teaching PowerPoints
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3.5.3 Minimum Wages and Unemployment (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Synoptic Economics: Impact of Higher Minimum Wage
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Minimum Wages and Unemployment
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Netherlands raises their minimum wage by 10%
21st September 2022
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TUC launch campaign for £15 per hour national minimum wage
24th August 2022
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Labour Market Diagrams - Six Short Revision Videos
Topic Videos
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Edexcel Paper 3: Synoptic Essay on the Minimum Wage
Exam Support
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Minimum Wage and Living Wage
Topic Videos
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Restaurants face closure as costs rise and demand dips
5th December 2016
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Wage Differentials in the UK (Labour Markets)
Study Notes
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Minimum Wages - Analysis of Impact (Labour Markets)
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Minimum Wages - Evaluation (Labour Markets)
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Inequality in the UK Economy
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Minimum Wage - A Level Economics Data Response Plan
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A* Exam Technique: Evaluating impact of a higher minimum wage
Practice Exam Questions
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Minimum Prices (Online Lesson)
Online Lessons
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Does a higher minimum wage necessarily cost jobs?
15th January 2020
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UK national living wage to rise by 6.2% in 2020
31st December 2019
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Signficant historical events in Economics - "Timeline" Activity
Quizzes & Activities
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Labour Market Failure (2019 Update)
Teaching PowerPoints
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20 Years of the UK National Minimum Wage
Study Notes
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Minimum Wage - Evaluation Phrases in Action
Study Notes
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Minimum Wage (Chain of Analysis)
Topic Videos
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Amazon increases their US minimum wage to $15 an hour
5th October 2018
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Market Failure - Income and Wealth Inequality
Study Notes
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Economics Exam Context for 2018
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Must Watch Revision Videos on Labour Markets
1st June 2018
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Employment gains from a higher Mexican minimum wage
12th April 2017
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Business Responses to the "new" UK Living Wage
24th April 2016
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Why the Minimum Wage Worked
12th April 2016
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Will the new National Living Wage cost jobs?
25th March 2016
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Should there be a maximum wage?
29th July 2014
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Measuring a minimum income standard
29th July 2014
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The Poverty Trap- Panorama
12th October 2014
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Government regulation: minimum wage and the homecare industry
30th March 2015
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Osborne rebrands the Minimum Wage
9th July 2015
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Whitbread to pay the Living Wage
9th September 2015