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245			_aApprentics set for a pay boost
260			_c2002
490			_aContract Journal _v17 April 2002, 2(1)
520			_aRecruitment to the construction industry is likely to be improved by a new pay deal for apprentices which will reintroduce a set of national minimum rates. Negotiations are continuing between contractors and unions amid evidence that this pay has been reduced. Unions quote figures that show in 1991 (before the minimum rates for apprentices were dropped) pay was between 47% and 83% of the adult rate. This is now down to between 30% and 65% of the adult rate.
590			_aWB
650			_aCONSTRUCTION WORKERS
650			_aRECRUITMENT
650			_aSALARIES
650			_aMINIMUM WAGE
650			_aCONSTRUCTION JOINT INDUSTRY COUNCIL
650			_aAPPRENTICESHIPS
690			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING COSTS
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