Conservative Party (UK) others. Until 1999, Conservatives opposed the creation of a national minimum wage, as they believed it would cost jobs, and businesses would be reluctant to start business in the UK from fear of high labour costs. However the party have since pledged support and in the July 2015 budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced a national living wage of £9/hour, to be introduced by 2020, for those aged 25 and over. The National Minimum Wage in 2012 was £6.19 for over-21 year olds, so the proposed rises in National Living Wage by 2020 will represent a significantly higher pay for many.
Minimum wage in the United States Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish" (1937) and upheld the constitutionality of minimum wage legislation enacted by Washington state and overturned the "Adkins" decision which marked the end of the "Lochner" era. In 1938, the minimum wage was re-established pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, this time at a uniform rate of $0.25 per hour ($4.78 in 2017 dollars). The Supreme Court upheld the Fair Labor Standards Act in "United States v. Darby Lumber Co." (1941), holding that Congress had the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate employment conditions. The 1938 minimum wage law only applied to "employees engaged