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.
The TUC will tell the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to recommend raising the adult national minimum wage next year by...
Newly elected Labour leader Ed Miliband has caused consternation among business leaders, with his debut speech hinting at an increase...
Regulations governing employers’ obligations in regards to the national minimum wage change on 1 October 2010, as well as the rates...
Pay awards in the retail sector have tumbled to a median of just 1.2%, research published today has revealed. The...
Employers are “almost certainly” breaking the law with unpaid internships, according to a new report.Unpaid internships are common in sectors...
The age at which workers become eligible for the full national minimum wage (NMW) rate will drop to 21 this...
Thirteen room attendants working at a five-star London hotel have won back pay and damages after it emerged they were...
An optician who paid his staff at rates up to 40% less than they were entitled to has become the...
The remit of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) has been extended to take into account the impact the national minimum...
A number of charities are flouting the law by not paying the national minimum wage (NMW) when staff ‘sleep over’,...
Employment experts have clashed over whether the rise in the national minimum wage (NMW) will put firms off creating jobs.The...
The government decision to increase the national minimum wage by 2.2% (from £5.80 to £5.93) in October this year, has...
Employers are exploiting thousands of young interns by getting them to work for free, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has...
Proposals to freeze the national minimum wage (NMW) for younger workers could disengage a generation already badly hit by the...
The government has created a team to crack down on employers who continually refuse to pay their workers the National...
