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Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
The National Minimum Wage is worked out at an hourly rate, but it applies…
Workers paid according to the number of hours they are at work are classed…
Most people paid an annual salary are classed as doing ‘salaried hours…
Workers paid per task they perform or piece of work they do (known as…
If the work is not covered by any of the other types of work, it’s…
Guidance on when seafarers and other persons who work at sea are entitled to the minimum wage.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Guidance on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage for organisations who offer work experience, including placements and internships.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
This collection brings together all documents relating to national minimum standards.
This page collects the annual reports from the Low Pay Commission to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.
Check if you’re paying a worker the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if you owe them payments for the previous year.
This collection brings together all documents about the the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.
Information about applying the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 in practice.
It is illegal for your employer to pay you below the National Living Wage, so check your pay and talk to your manager to make sure you’re getting the wages you are entitled to.
Learn more about the National Minimum Wage, including salaried hours work, how to avoid mistakes, keeping records and what to expect from a HMRC check.
Sets out how the scheme to name employers who break national minimum wage (NMW) law works.
Terms of reference for the review of the international evidence on the impacts of minimum wages.
Guidance for employers, trade unions and workers on issuing work notices in relation to minimum service levels during strike action.
How to calculate the average hourly rate, and the number of hours worked over a specific period so that you pay the correct wage; includes example calculations.
Minimum standards are used to monitor, evaluate and inspect the quality of education provision
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