Up to a third of workers in some areas of Britain are set for a pay rise as a result of the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW), the new legal wage floor of £7.20 an hour that comes into effect this Friday for employees aged 25 and over, according to new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation.
The Foundation’s analysis of the impact of the NLW across Britain finds that Torridge in Devon is Britain’s leading NLW hotspot. Over one in three workers (35 per cent) are set for a pay rise this year as a result of the NLW – almost double the proportion across Britain (18 percent). The NLW is set to boost pay in Torridge by around £2 million.
Other National Living Wage hotspots include Rossendale in Lancashire, where 33 per cent of employees are set to benefit from its introduction, Woking in Surrey and Castle Point in Essex (where 32 per cent of workers will get a pay rise).
The top ten NLW hotspots also include Oadby and Wigston (Leicestershire), Forest Heath (Suffolk), Mansfield (Derbyshire), West Somerset, Breckland (Norfolk) and Rother in Kent.
The Foundation notes that while the NLW will lead to a particularly big pay boost in these hotspots, it will also put pressure on local employers who are more likely to see significant wage bill increases.
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