Consultation outcome

National Minimum Wage: draft consolidated regulations

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 22 July 2014
• Last updated: 22 January 2015 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

National Minimum Wage: government response to the consultation on the draft consolidated regulations

Ref: BIS/15/1

PDF, 216 KB, 12 pages

Detail of outcome

The responses show general support for the draft consolidated regulations and agree that the detailed rules are clearer and more workable. Most respondents said that even greater clarity would be welcome, particularly in the guidance.

We will consider the various suggestions raised by respondents and review the guidance in 2015.

Detail of feedback received

22 responses were received in answer to the 2 questions put forward in the consultation. Nearly a third of these were from care providers. The remaining responses were from employment law specialists, government and local government, employers, trade unions and a non-departmental public body.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on whether the draft National Minimum Wage (consolidation) regulations are clear and workable.

This consultation ran from
22 July 2014 to 11:45am on 15 September 2014

Consultation description

As part of the Red Tape Challenge, the government concluded that the 1999 regulations and the later amending regulations should be combined.

We have also taken the opportunity to update the drafting to be as clear as possible.

Documents

National Minimum Wage: consultation on draft consolidated regulations

Ref: BIS/14/500

PDF, 215 KB, 33 pages

Draft National Minimum Wage (Consolidation) Regulations

PDF, 225 KB, 28 pages

Published 22 July 2014
Last updated 22 January 2015 + show all updates

1. 22 January 2015

   Government response published.

2. 22 July 2014

   First published.