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Many businesses won't pay anything other than the 23+ rate. The age based rates should be removed altogether, they're mainly there so that the owners of small
by Jochim 3y ago
Many businesses won't pay anything other than the 23+ rate.
The age based rates should be removed altogether, they're mainly there so that the owners of small businesses can creep on young girls.
- giobox 3y agoAlways wondered at the back of my mind how successive UK Governments have managed to get away with squaring age based minimum wages with Article 14 of the ECHR, which is supposed to prevent age based discrimination. Surely someone has tried to bring a case - virtually every other question of law in the UK regarding the ECHR/Human Rights Act has made its way to Strasbourg.
- mrguyorama 3y agoLaws against age based discrimination have basically only ever been used to help those in power: Older people
- bee_rider 3y agoThe ability to pay younger people below the standard minimum wage goes hurt older people (well, everyone over 23c but older people are included in that set of course), because they legally can’t compete on price for those jobs. But of course, this only hurts the older folks without a lot of financial power.
- whitemary 3y ago[flagged]