Minimum wage for Anguilla

The Hubert Hughes administration in Anguilla has established a minimum wage advisory committee as it presses ahead with plans to introduce minimum wages for various sectors and categories of employment on the island by the first quarter of 2011.



Labour and Home Affairs Minister Walcott Richardson said when the minimum wage is established for Anguilla, it will be the lowest hourly wage allowed by law.



Richardson further explains that there has never been a minimum wage established in Anguilla to protect unskilled or semi-skilled workers adding that workers have been forced to accept whatever compensation is offered based on the demands of the market.