Employers must pay workers the national minimum wage. The rates, which increase on 1 October each year, are divided into the main adult rate (workers aged 21 and over), the development rate (workers aged 18-20 inclusive) and the youth rate (workers aged 16 and 17). There is also an apprentice rate.
An additional rate for workers aged 25 and over, which is being called the “national living wage”, is being introduced from 1 April 2016.
Law firm Leigh Day is looking to launch group action against Amazon to secure employment rights for drivers.
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Boris Johnson is set to increase the national living wage to £9.42 an hour
Labour members have voted in favour of introducing a £15 national minimum wage if the party gains power.
The vote,...
Drivers at a Northampton-based taxi firm who were required to wear uniforms, drive branded cars and log on to an...
A Labour government would give all workers protections against unfair dismissal from their first day in employment, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.
Staff at John Lewis have launched a campaign via the Organise platform urging the retailer to improve their wages.
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Organisations in Scotland that do not offer fair pay and conditions should face ‘fair work levies’, according to the IPPR.
Payslips of delivery workers seen by investigative journalists have revealed that some worked for less than £5 an hour this summer.
Alan Lewis examines the grey area of work trials and their interpretation under national minimum wage rules.
Employers tried to claim workers were too young to be paid the minimum rate or had signed contracts opting them out of the entitlement.
Hospitality businesses could be forced to increase their prices as wages face upwards pressure from staff shortages.
The government has ‘named and shamed’ 191 employers who breached minimum wage requirements.
Government confirms it will launch a single enforcement body to protect workers’ rights and clamp down on unscrupulous employment practices.
Low-paid workers are at greatest risk of losing their jobs when the government’s furlough scheme closes, new research has found.
More than 100 postmasters and sub-postmasters are taking the Post Office to an employment tribunal in a bid to be recognised as ‘workers'.
