In Britain, a wages council was a statutory body empowered by the Wages Act 1986 to prescribe minimum rates of pay in a particular industry. The wages orders made by wages councils do not apply to employees under the age of 21. Each council consists of representatives of employers and employees in the industry concerned and independent members. Councils have usually been established for industries in which employees' collective bargaining power is comparatively weak. The Wages Act 1986 abolished the power to create new
wages councils. Research Wages Council
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Research Wages Council
