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.
Living Wage employers will pay their staff at least £8.75 per hour across the UK and £10.20 in London, it...
A government scheme designed to help social care providers comply with minimum wage legislation has been described as a “suicide...
A quarter of low paid workers in the UK are stuck in poorly paid jobs, according to the Social Mobility...
Major companies should be jointly liable for non-compliance with employment...
Workers aged under 25 are missing out on up to nearly £6,300 per year because they’re not entitled to the...
An employment tribunal has ruled that a group of Addison Lee drivers were workers and therefore entitled to rights such...
Earlier this year it was reported that John Lewis set aside £36 million to compensate for a potential national minimum...
HMRC has published its latest list of employers that have failed to comply with national minimum wage laws, with a...
Any much-anticipated report is likely to divide opinion, and the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices is no different. Rob...
The long-awaited Taylor Review of modern employment practices emerged today, introduced at a press conference hosted by Prime Minister Theresa...
An alternative worker status – dependent contractor – will be proposed by the Taylor review tomorrow alongside calls for new...
Certain self-employed workers should be paid the minimum wage, according to recommendations by the Resolution Foundation.
The thinktank has submitted...
Even though the national minimum wage has been with us for over 18 years, and there has been a government...
Workers on zero hours contracts could be given the right to request a move to a fixed number of hours....
Theresa May launched the Conservative Party’s 2017 election manifesto today, and for HR and employers there are no big surprises....
