{"id":79037,"date":"2017-02-17T16:14:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T16:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=5bb9c38cee425fe1087d2bda478d8d95"},"modified":"2017-02-17T16:14:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T16:14:56","slug":"news-story-bryan-sanderson-appointed-interim-chairman-of-the-low-pay-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79037","title":{"rendered":"News story: Bryan Sanderson appointed interim Chairman of the Low Pay Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryan Sanderson has today (17 February 2017) been announced as the interim Chairman of the Low Pay Commission (LPC<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

Mr Sanderson, former BP Managing Director, replaces Sir David Norgrove, who served as chairman from May 2009 until the end of last year.<\/p>\n

The independent LPC<\/abbr>, made up of employers, trade unions and labour market experts, advises the government about National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.<\/p>\n

The advisory body submits a report to the government each October making recommendations on future minimum wage rates.<\/p>\n

Business Minister Margot James said:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019d like to take this opportunity to thank Sir David for the valuable advice he provided to 3 different governments over the years.<\/p>\n

His interim successor Bryan Sanderson will use his experience in the business world and the public sector to inform his recommendations to the government in this vitally important area.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr Sanderson said:<\/p>\n

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The Low Pay Commission has already made an important contribution to raising living standards for the poorest in our society.<\/p>\n

There is more to do and I look forward to being part of the process. I\u2019m convinced that we can help to make a much needed improvement to labour productivity as well as promoting a fairer distribution of wealth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further information<\/h2>\n

Biography<\/h3>\n

Mr Sanderson has more than 40 years\u2019 experience in the energy, chemicals and financial sectors. He has been awarded a CBE<\/abbr>, is an Emeritus Governor of the London School of Economics, has Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Sunderland and York and is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers.<\/p>\n

Mr Sanderson joined BP in 1964 and rose to be a Managing Director from 1991 to 2000 and CEO<\/abbr> of BP Chemicals. Mr Sanderson has held the position of Chairman at Sunderland Area Regeneration, Standard Chartered Bank, Northern Rock, the Learning and Skills Council and BUPA as well as non-executive director posts at Corus\/British Steel, Six Continents and Argus Media.<\/p>\n

Mr Sanderson is currently Chairman of the Florence Nightingale Foundation charity, a Trustee of the Economist and a Premier League representative of the financial fair play committee.<\/p>\n

Low Pay Commission<\/h3>\n
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  1. The Low Pay Commission is an independent body made up of employers, trade unions and experts, whose role is to advise the government on minimum wage rates.<\/li>\n
  2. The LPC<\/abbr> takes the interests of both workers and businesses into account when making rate recommendations to the government.<\/li>\n
  3. The LPC<\/abbr> has been asked to make recommendations for the National Living Wage towards a target of 60% of median earnings by 2020.<\/li>\n
  4. Bryan Sanderson has been appointed on an interim basis for 1 year. This will allow sufficient time for a full competitive recruitment process to take place to appoint a permanent chairman from January 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The members of the Low Pay Commission are:<\/p>\n

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    • Bryan Sanderson, Chairman<\/li>\n
    • Prof. Sarah Brown, Professor of Economics at the University of Sheffield<\/li>\n
    • Kay Carberry, TUC<\/abbr>\n<\/li>\n
    • Neil Carberry, Director of Employment and Skills, CBI<\/abbr>\n<\/li>\n
    • Clare Chapman, Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair at Kingfisher PLC<\/li>\n
    • Prof. Richard Dickens, Professor of Economics, Sussex University<\/li>\n
    • Peter Donaldson, Managing Director, D5 Consulting Ltd<\/li>\n
    • John Hannett, General Secretary, Usdaw<\/li>\n
    • Brian Strutton, General Secretary, BALPA<\/abbr>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The current minimum wage rates are:<\/h3>\n
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      • National Living Wage (25 years and over) – \u00a37.20 per hour<\/li>\n
      • adult rate of National Minimum Wage (21 to 24-year-olds) – \u00a36.95 per hour<\/li>\n
      • 18 to 20-year-olds – \u00a35.55 per hour<\/li>\n
      • 16 to 17-year-olds – \u00a34.00 per hour<\/li>\n
      • apprentice rate – \u00a33.40 per hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Minimum wages rates are set to increase on 1 April to:<\/h3>\n
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        • National Living Wage (25 years and over) – \u00a37.50 per hour<\/li>\n
        • adult rate of National Minimum Wage (21 to 24-year-olds) – \u00a37.05 per hour<\/li>\n
        • 20-year-olds – \u00a35.60 per hours<\/li>\n
        • 16 to 17-year-olds – \u00a34.05 per hour<\/li>\n
        • apprentice rate – \u00a33.50 per hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The independent LPC advises the government about National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}