article_snippet.sent: Older workers are suffering dismal pay rises while those awarded to the youngest workers have gone up by nine times as much.
article_snippet.sent: The gap between wage rises for young and older staff has widened significantly during the past five years, amid claims the over-50s are being left behind, official figures reveal.
article_snippet.sent: The under-25s saw The under-25s wages rise more than eight times faster than the over-50s, as The under-25s quickly climbed the rungs of the career ladder .
article_snippet.sent: Last year, workers aged 18 to 24 received bumper 10.6 per cent pay rises, falling to 3.8 per cent for people aged 25 to 34 and to 2 per cent for workers aged 36 to 49.
article_snippet.sent: For workers aged 50 to 64, pay rises plunge to a meagre 1.2 per cent, official figures show – significantly below the UK average of 2.1 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: But while younger workers often receive greater pay rises because younger workers move jobs more frequently, official data shows that the gap is widening.
article_snippet.sent: In 2009, Britain’s youngest workers received pay rises three times greater than older workers, but this has now widened to nine times greater.
article_snippet.sent: Younger people’s pay is rising faster than average and the rate of increase is accelerating.
highlights_snippet.sent: Workers aged 18-25 saw wages rise eight times faster than over