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.
Official statistics show many companies pay more than the National Minimum Wage.
Financial services firms in London have been urged to increase the pay and conditions of their cleaners.
Four bishops have given up their normal salaries for lent to raise cash for charities in UK and abroad.
The Low Pay Commission will deliver its latest recommendations on the national minimum wage to the government later today.
Employees earning less than £22,400 a year could receive free financial advice under proposals to set up a new monetary support network.
Trade and industry secretary Alan Johnson has announced the appointment of Paul Myners to the chair of the Low Pay Commission
More than 12,000 low-paid workers will celebrate Christmas with a pay boost following HM Revenue & Customs investigations into cases where the National Minimum Wage was not being paid
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The British Retail Consortium has called for a 'fundamental review' of the ultimate goal of the National Minimum Wage.
Starbucks has had its first ever strike after staff in Auckland, New Zealand staged a one-hour protest about New Zealand’s minimum wage for staff working in the fast-food sector
Record numbers of companies are contravening minimum wage laws, according to official figures
Unions lobby Low Pay Commission over 'unfair' minimum wage.
The TUC has urged the Low Pay Commission not to listen “to the bleatings of business leaders” when it reviews the minimum wage later this year
Employer bodies and trade unions are again at loggerheads over the future of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warning that further increases would pose difficulties for business.
The British Retail Consortium has urged the government to make decisions about the national minimum wage based on the economic climate of the time
