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.
Charities will have to spend more than £3 million bringing their staff up to the new national living wage rate...
The Living Wage Foundation has announced a 5.1% increase in the Living Wage, the voluntary rate that is independently set...
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Austria offers its citizens some of the most generous holiday entitlements in the world, with some staff entitled to as...
The outlook for the UK jobs market has fallen to a three-year low, as employers try to mitigate costs ahead...
Almost one-third (29%) of female workers will receive a pay rise as a result of the new national living wage...
Business secretary Sajid Javid has launched an investigation into the abuse of restaurant tipping, following media reports of hospitality employers...
Fashion and jewellery retailer Oliver Bonas has announced that it will pay its staff the Living Wage from today.
The...
Consultant editor Darren Newman examines the complexities arising from the Chancellor’s announcement of a “national living wage” for workers aged...
