Report: Paid Less Worth Less?

This report from the Young Women's Trust highlights the discrimination young people face when it comes to pay and benefits. It also shows how treating young people as equals can transform lives.

Key findings:

• Under-25s are missing out on between £820 and £6,300 a year because they are not entitled to the National Living Wage.
• Findings from the charity show that half of young people are struggling financially, a quarter are in debt all of the time and one in three put their anxiety down to their money situation. 
• Four in five employers in a YouGov poll for the charity said that young people contribute as much as or more than older people to their workplaces.
• The Young Women's Trust makes several recommendations including: Significantly increasing the apprentice National Minimum Wage; and, that the Low Pay Commission should plan how it can effectively roll out the National Living Wage for all young people, and that the government commits to doing so as soon as possible.