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.
We round up the major political parties' policies for employers ahead of the general election 2024, taking place on 4 July.
The April increase to the national living wage contributed an additional 1% to affected employers' overall pay bill.
A company has successfully challenged a minimum wage underpayment case in relation to time spent travelling to work.
The Labour party will create an employer watchdog called the Fair Work Agency, according to an interview with deputy leader Angela Rayner.
Median basic pay award in the three months to the end of May 2024 increased slightly to 4.6%, according to Brightmine.
The Federation of Small Businesses has published its 'manifesto', highlighting what SMEs would like to see from the next government.
April 2024's most popular FAQs on Brightmine, formerly XpertHR, include queries around minimum wage rules and holiday pay.
P&O wages: Ferry operator will comply with new French regulations requiring it to pay £9.96 an hour minimum to workers.
Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.
Some of the UK’s largest companies ‘trying to argue that a 10% rise in minimum wage shouldn’t be covered in the rates they pay for temporary staff’.
The Low Pay Commission has recommended to the government that it moves towards expanding the National Living Wage (NLW) to anyone over-18.
French maritime minister says he was ‘shocked’ by P&O Ferries sackings, adding his government ‘needed to do something’.
Supermarket chain Aldi is to increase hourly pay for store assistants and deputy store managers from 1 June.
The Department for Business and Trade yesterday published a list of 524 employers who have collectively left 172,000 workers a combined £16m out of pocket.
The Office for National Statistics recorded 3.7 million UK jobs paid below the real Living Wage in April 2023, 200,000 more than a year earlier.
