YWCA welcomes the announcement that the Low Pay Commission will be considering a national minimum wage for apprentices. We have been campaigning on this for some years as part of our More than one rung campaign. The introduction of a minimum wage will make a huge difference to young women who currently dominate the lowest paid apprenticeships such as hairdressing and early years care.
Apprenticeships offer disadvantaged young women real opportunities to train and move up the career ladder. However, research has shown that not getting enough money is a significant contributing factor to young people dropping out. Young women from YWCA centres have told us that they could not manage on the low rates of pay they were receiving.
We congratulate the Government on this important step and we will be happy to work with the Low Pay Commission as it looks at this in more detail.
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