Dealing with Low Pay. The Wages Councils versus a National Minimum Wage

Timothy Whitton (1)

1 EHIC - Espaces Humains et Interactions Culturelles

The main object of my paper is to draw your attention to Britain's rather curious way of handling statutory minimum wages. This seems particularly pertinent in the wake of the Maastricht debate, especially since the Social Charter, which includes directives on minimum wage fixing, nearly brought about the downfall of the present government and in doing so seriously undermined the future of the whole treaty.

Mots clés: salaire minimum

Domaines: Science politique

Timothy Whitton. Dealing with Low Pay. The Wages Councils versus a National Minimum Wage. Civilization: Theory and Practice, Observatoire de la société britannique contemporaine, pp 167-177., 1993. ⟨hal-01017250⟩