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 Communication Workers’ Union has published a universal manifesto  for workers in the telecoms industry, setting out benchmarks for pay,...
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) has risen to a new adult rate of £5.35 per hour as of 1 October.
The increase from £5.05...
The National Minimum Wage rise next month will deter small businesses from recruiting additional staff, according to research.Four in 10...
Manufacturers have called for rises in the National Minimum Wage to be subject to a pre-determined formula to give greater certainty...
The minimum wage should rise to more than £6 an hour by October next year, according to the TUC.The TUC’s...
An undercover investigation has revealed some hotel staff are being paid as little as £1.50 per hour – a fraction...
Some employees are a "total waste of space" and do not deserve to be paid the minimum wage, according to some employers
Public sector and charities flout minimum wage rules when employing people with learning disabiliities.
Full benefits package would differentiate firms from competitors.
The government is to investigate thousands of children's nurseries to find out if staff are being paid at least the minimum wage
National Minimum Wage rates await approval of MPs.
The minimum London living wage is now £7.05 per hour, but about one in seven London employees receive less than £6.15 per hour, a report has revealed
A government minister has told TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson he should "stick to cooking" after he criticised the minimum wage
As it becomes clear that Tony Blair is entering the last phase of his tenure as prime minister, it remains uncertain how his time at No 10 will be remembered.
The national minimum wage is to rise by 30p - nearly 6% - from £5.05 to £5.35 an hour from October 2006.
