Speaking at an All-Party Parliamentary Group for Youth Affairs briefing session on the minimum wage, Littman said: "The minimum wage introduction is an opportunity to educate young people and something we should be working on together."
Raj Jethwa, organising officer at the trade workers' union TUC, said the level of ignorance among young people regarding their rights was "astonishing".
From October, 16- to 17-year-olds will be entitled to a minimum wage of 3 an hour while 18- to 21-year-olds will receive at least 4.10.
Richard Angell, vice-chair for finance at the British Youth Council, called for a "wide-scale minimum wage public awareness campaign" and also suggested that the Government should work with youth groups to develop a tool kit to help young people to educate their peers about their rights.
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