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Article: UK GOVERNMENT: History made as National Minimum Wage introduced.
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- M2 Presswire
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- April 1, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-1 April 1999-UK GOVERNMENT: History made as National Minimum Wage introduced (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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* New evidence shows businesses signing up to: "A sensible solution for a motivated workforce."
On the day that two million employees see their pay increase as a result of the National Minimum Wage, a new independent report shows that companies in the sector most affected, the service sector, are experiencing expansion not job losses as some predicted.
The report for the Low Pay Commission by Incomes Data Services says that the minimum wage is "having only a marginal effect on many industries" and ...