The Process of Fixing the British National Minimum Wage, 1997-2007

William Arthur Brown ()

Cambridge Working Papers in Economics from Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Abstract: The British National Minimum Wage was introduced in 1999 under the guidance of a Low Pay Commission constructed on a basis of ‘social partnership’. The paper analyses its conduct over its first ten years from diary data. Key challenges were for it to be independent of government, to have its advice accepted by government, and to maintain internal unanimity. The changing internal dynamics of the Commission, and its major negotiations over the level of the Minimum Wage, are described and analysed. Conclusions are drawn for the social partnership process.

Keywords: minimum wage; social partnership; bargaining relationship; mediation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009-02
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