Apply the National Living Wage to all adults aged 18 or over.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

At the age of 18 you are legally regarded as an adult; You have attained the age of majority and are regarded as independent and self-sufficient. Ban age discrimination concerning wages, and apply the new national living wage to all legal adults.

We are only required to pay 18 y/olds £5.30/hr. How are they expected to live on this when it is so far from the national living wage just introduced? It is not fair that 21-24 y/olds still only get £6.70. Those of us under 25 still have bills to pay yet it seems we get no help from the government. We are exempt from their living wage, we do not qualify for working tax credits. Recognize that we are not all lucky enough to still live with our parents. We should not be penalized for our age.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Stop state sanctioned age discrimination - pay under 25s the living wage too!

Timeline

23 Apr 2016	Petition opened for signatures
25 Apr 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Apr 2016

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