Low Pay Flashcards
How many people with jobs are living in poverty
1 in 8 people have jobs but live in poverty.
how much children living in poverty but in working households have increased over the past 5 years
People who have jobs but have been living in poverty is getting worse since a lot of children that are living in poverty but live in working households has increased in the past 5 years from 67% to 75% which shows that this problem has been getting worse.
What’s higher than the national minimum age for workers over 21 year olds
The national living wage is also higher than the national minimum wage that workers get when they are over 21.
What is the minimum wage for over 21 year olds
Currently the minimum wage for over 21 is £11.44
Minimum wage for 18,19,20 year olds usually
however if you are under 21 it is between £8.60 (for 18,19,20 year olds usually)
Minimum wage for under 18s
and £6.40 (for under 18s usually).
What’s the national living wage in the uk
A living wage is higher than the national living wage since it is independently- calculated which is based on how much people need to get by, currently in the UK it is £12
What’s the national living wage in London
however in London it is £13.15.
What jobs are most likely to get national living wage
The jobs that are most likely to get a national living wage are jobs in administration and support services
This is known
this is known since statistics say it’s getting worse because in recent years it has gone up by 4% from 19% in 2011/12 to 23% in 2022
What does it suggest
which suggests that some workers aren’t making enough to live outside of poverty.
How does low pay make the gap between rich and poor worse
Low pay makes the the gap between rich and poor worse since the national living wage is enough/not even enough for basic necessities but not much else leaving the people working in poverty staying in the same type of poverty and not moving up much/at all in the social mobility ladder
How does the national living wage create age inequality
The national living wage also creates inequalities since if people over 21 years of age they can earn the wage of £11.44 an hour where as if people under the age of 21 years of age can only be paid the national minimum wage which is between £8.60 an hour for 18,19,20 year olds and £6.40 for under 18s and this is bad because this creates an age inequality where people are getting payed differently for doing the exact same job.
Evaluation of Low Pay
Low Pay is an inequality that is an increasing problem around the whole UK, this problem alone makes the gap between richer and poorer larger and very much harder for a person living in poverty to climb up the social mobility ladder to become rich which is why low pay is arguably the most important cause of social inequality.
