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 government has appointed Sir George Bain as the interim chair of the Low Pay Commission, the body which advises...
Two-thirds of workers benefiting from the national minimum wage (NMW) increase today will be women, according to the TUC.
The...
A raft of employment law changes will take effect in the UK tomorrow (1 October).The National Minimum Wage will be...
Religious groups in the UK could soon find their members subject to minimum wage and anti-discrimination laws, a union has...
How long does someone have to work for you before they qualify for statutory maternity pay? What is the national...
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has written to the chancellor to ask him to ensure national minimum wage increases never...
Maintenance staff working for the Metropolitan Police Authority are set to be paid the new London living wage after a...
Migrant women are the most likely workers to be denied the minimum wage, research has revealed.
A study commissioned by...
Trade union leaders have called for all apprentices to be legally entitled to the national minimum wage.
The TUC said...
London mayor Boris Johnson has insisted that employers in the capital would not be putting jobs or the economy at...
Tips given to restaurant staff can no longer count towards payment of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), the government has...
Workers will qualify for the minimum wage from their 21st birthdays under a commitment reportedly agreed at the Labour Party’s...
London mayor Boris Johnson has called on all employers in the capital to pay their staff at least £7.45 an...
London mayor Boris Johnson has announced a raise in the Living Wage for London to £7.45 per hour – 35%...
Another employer has fallen foul of the government’s crackdown on enforcing the National Minimum Wage.The owners of a Sheffield butcher’s...
