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.
Two decades after its introduction, many employers are still getting caught out by the rules surrounding the national minimum wage....
As the national minimum wage celebrates its 20th anniversary, the TUC has claimed that young workers could be missing out...
Supermarket workers earn the best rates in the retail sector, according to new analysis from Incomes Data Research.
At a...
Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....
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Theresa May will today unveil how the UK government will handle emerging EU laws concerning workers’ rights after Brexit.
The...
The national living wage, the statutory national minimum wage for those aged 25 and over, will increase 4.9% from 1...
Last chance to book your place: 6 December 2018 at 2pm. Barrister Kevin Charles scrutinises the latest developments in employment law including whistleblowing, minimum wage and more...
The “real” Living Wage, the rate of pay set by the Living Wage Foundation, has increased 25 pence to £9...
Consultant editor Darren Newman considers the current system of labour standards enforcement and suggests that the Government could play a...
The IWGB union has a called a 24-hour strike against Uber and is urging the public not use the taxi-hailing...
Almost half of people on zero-hours contracts want to work more hours and in a more regular shift pattern, but...
New legislation to ensure that tips go to workers and not to their employers will be introduced in a crackdown...
Almost half of self-employed people aged over 25 are earning less than the minimum wage, according to new research.
The...
HM Revenue and Customs identified a record £15.6m in national minimum wage underpayment in 2017/18.
More than 200,000 workers were...
