End ageism in wages for young people

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

In England, once you turn 16 and are not in full time education you are stripped of an unbelievable amount of privileges that you previously possessed. Many of these are to do with new payments where you are forced to pay the adult rate even though you are on lower minimum wages.

Despite constant promotion for apprenticeships and training courses instead of further education in order to push employment rates, when you choose that career path at 16-20 you are punished for your choice in the form of new costs which you are introduced to (public transport, paid prescriptions, etc), yet this demography of young people are still treated unfairly, being paid OVER 15% less than 21 year-olds on minimum wage, for doing the SAME job. This needs to change.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Your petition draws together a number of issues, including public transport fares, for which the Government and Parliament are not responsible. If you are concerned about the application of the National Living Wage, you could sign this petition:

Include young workers aged 18-24 in the Government's National Living Wage

We also have a number of other, similar petitions already open on the site.

Timeline

24 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
29 Jun 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Jun 2016

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