THE IMPACT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NATIONAL LIVING WAGE: A STUDY OF CHANGES IN PAY SETTLEMENTS, PAY STRUCTURES AND AGE-RELATED PAY

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of the announcement of the National Living Wage and its subsequent introduction. It has several aspects: a. to investigate whether the announcement in July 2015 (and introduction in April 2016) has any impact on pay awards; b. to investigate whether pay structures had been altered in any way to take account of any squeeze on differentials (that is, the pay of other staff higher up the earnings distribution); c. to assess whether firms were paying 21-24 year olds th...