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.
More than half of the public (54%) would support the introduction of a ‘maximum wage’ in order to tackle excessive...
Business body's annual survey reveals companies' views of recruitment, pay freezes and National Living Wage as coronavirus crisis continues.
National living wage rise considered unaffordable by the government, which may abandon pledge for NLW to reach 60% of median earnings.
TUC's job protection and skills plan urges the government to prepare for the jobs of the future, ensure younger workers gain new skills and establish a fairer labour market.
Productivity and earnings are at least a third higher in some areas of London than the UK average, although the gap in earnings and wage growth is narrowing.
Retailers, MPs, charities and campaign groups have urged the home secretary to take action on alleged worker exploitation in UK garment factories.
Illegally low pay and dilapidated conditions blight thousands of workers in Leicester, it is alleged.
The coronavirus pandemic will make more people in urgent need of work and more employers desperate to stay in business,...
Low-cost fashion retailer Boohoo has promised to investigate workers’ pay and conditions at a Leicester factory.
The chancellor is due to announce a £2bn “kickstart jobs scheme” today in the hope it will stem youth unemployment...
We want to give key workers a pay rise, while an unprecedented quarter of the UK workforce has had the...
The government should introduce a ‘new settlement’ for low paid workers, giving them more control over the hours they work...
While the Covid-19 crisis is a worrying and uncertain time for all of us, it brings into sharp focus some...
The TUC has called for the government to form a National Recovery Council to help the economy heal from the...
Cleaning services have moved into the spotlight as the return to the workplace accelerates. But from low wages and insecure...
