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 UK’s minimum wage is the third highest in the European Union, and almost twice the level of the US,...
The government is getting tough with employers that are paying workers less than the national minimum wage (NMW).
A consultation launched...
The government is to target cheating employers with a new regime of fines if they pay below the national minimum...
Trade and industry secretary Alistair Darling has appointed four new members of the independent Low Pay Commission, which advises the...
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has announced a new £7.20 living wage rate for the capital following a report by...
Impoverished Bulgarian workers will have to wait more than 220 years before they see their pay reach western European levels,...
The national minimum wage (NMW) band for younger workers constitutes age discrimination and must be brought into line with the...
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is to rise from £5.35 to £5.52 an hour from October this year, the government...
While business organisations complained loudly about the rise in the national minimum wage (NMW) to £5.35 an hour in October...
The government’s national minimum wage (NMW) is “ridiculous” and flouts age discrimination laws, according to one employment lawyer.Carolyn Soakell, an...
Many organisations are unwittingly breaking minimum wage laws when they employ unpaid interns or hand out work-experience placements, legal experts...
Customs staff are due to issue guidance to the House of Commons following newspaper report that some MPs could be...
Employers who refuse to pay the minimum wage could face a £200 fine for every underpaid worker, the government has announced.
Employers...
The government is planning to crack down on employers that flout minimum wage laws. The Department of Trade and Industry...
Death rates fall
The number of people killed in workplace accidents has dropped by 5% in the past 12 months,...
