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.
Yesterday The Living Wage Foundation announced a 20p increase in its pay rate, meaning a 3.7% pay increase for workers...
Many employees are set to see their pay eroded over the next year as inflation rises and employers keep pay...
Matthew Taylor, a former policy adviser to Tony Blair, will lead an independent review into modern employment practices, Theresa May...
In university towns and cities around the country, students are settling in for the start of the academic year. As...
The autumn months promise to be a busy period for HR practitioners as they get to grips with a host...
Business minister Margot James has asked HMRC to consider launching an investigation into pay and employment practices at courier company...
Frances O’Grady is to warn “greedy businesses that treat workers like animals” that they have no place to hide in...
The Government should continue to increase the national living wage at the rate it planned when it was announced, according...
Staff at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse are to receive back pay totalling around £1 million for non-payment of the national...
Sports Direct is founded on a business model that enables the majority of workers to be treated “without dignity or...
The UK’s next prime minister Theresa May has vowed to put worker representatives on boards of major companies and to...
The national living wage has not been the “jobs killer” that many predicted, according to a report published today by...
Industries that rely heavily on EU migrant labour could be prime candidates for automation, a report by thinktank the Resolution...
A number of companies have announced plans to cut back on staff benefits to cope with the cost of the...
The national living wage encourages employers to recruit younger workers over older workers to cut costs in breach of age...
