The minimum wage is to rise at the end of the month, the Department of Trade and Industry has announced.
But it’ll only be a one per cent increase – and the annual rate of inflation is currently more than five-times that figure.
The DTI says the new rates come into effect on April 1 and will be ?4.67 an hour for 16-year-olds, ?5.24 for 17-year-olds and ?6.10 for over-18s.
It’s the first rise for 18 months, after the Minimum Wage Committee carried out a study to see how a rise would affect businesses and their employees.
Trade and industry minister David Cretney says since 2002 the minimum wage has gone up 49%, compared to inflation of 34%.
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