CBI concern over minimum wage rise
28 August 2012
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned about the possible impact on businesses of October’s increase in the UK minimum wage and has vowed to ‘monitor the outcome extremely carefully’.
The government announced in March that the minimum wage for adults will rise 35 pence to £4.85 an hour from 1 October 2004, but the CBI warns that it may do more harm than good.
John Cridland, CBI Director-General, said: "This is the second successive increase of more than seven per cent and it means for the first time the wage is worth more in real terms than...