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Young workers losing £2,400 a year due to ‘unfair’ minimum wage rules, TUC warns

SEVEN in 10 young workers are at risk of being left “hugely out of pocket” due to being paid a lower rate of the minimum wage, TUC analysis reveals today.

The union federation said more than 700,000 workers aged between 18 and 20 are being penalised by the “unfair” tiered rates system, which it says must be “overhauled.”

The minimum wage pay penalty facing young workers this coming year is an estimated £2,438 a year or £47 a week after next month’s extension to the minimum wage.

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