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Originally posted by Dr43%er
A 10 second search found this.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=591
Low Pay Jobs
292,000 jobs below national minimum wage in UK
Estimates from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) show that the number of jobs paid below the national minimum wage in the UK was 292,000 in Spring 2007, amounting to 1.2 per cent of all jobs in the labour market.
In Spring 2007 there were three rates for the national minimum wage: one for those aged between 16 and 17 (£3.30 per hour), one for those aged between 18 and 21 (£4.45 per hour) and one for those aged 22 and over (£5.35 per hour).
The number of jobs paid below the national minimum wage were:
• 16,000 jobs (4.1 per cent) held by those aged 16 to 17,
• 45,000 jobs (2.5 per cent) held by those aged 18 to 21 and
• 231,000 jobs (1.0 per cent) held by those aged 22 and over.
People in part-time work were almost three times as likely as people in full-time work to be paid less than minimum wage, with 2.1 per cent of part-time jobs and 0.8 per cent of full-time jobs falling below the minimum wage.
Jobs held by women were more likely to fall below the minimum wage than jobs held by men (1.4 per cent compared with 0.9 per cent). This was due to the greater number of women in part-time jobs.
Estimates for 2006 have been revised downwards by 40,000 jobs, most of which comes from the 22 and over age group.
It is important to note that these estimates do not measure non-compliance with the national minimum wage legislation. The survey used to provide these estimates does not indicate whether individuals fall into a category that is exempt from the legislation, such as apprentices or new trainees.
Please note the bit about women workers.
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If you are 16, it’s not difficult to get a minimum wage job and employers certainly don’t discriminate by sex so those getting below minimum wage must be under 16.
Also, on the point you made on part time jobs- if more women choose to work part time, it is their choice. For example I know a lot of the girls working at asda when I was there were younger and worked part time whilst they were at college or uni (not as a career prospect) so I’m not really sure what your post is trying to prove, if anything.