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.
Workers posted to another EU country will be entitled to the same rate of pay and working conditions as their...
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There were few surprises for employers in today’s budget, the first delivered since the snap general election in June.
Chancellor...
The TUC is calling on the Government to raise the national living wage to £10 “as quickly as possible” and...
