Above-inflation increases in Britain’s minimum wage are putting a growing number of workers at risk of being replaced by machines, one of the country’s leading thinktanks has warned.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the proportion of the workforce covered by the minimum wage was likely to triple to 12% between 2015 and 2020 – drawing in groups vulnerable to automation such as receptionists and shop checkout operators.
The IFS said that in 2015 the statutory pay floor had tended to help mainly those employed in the personal services sector, such as bar and restaurant staff, doing work not easily […]
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