Research and analysis

National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage: government evidence on enforcement and compliance, 2022

This report sets out a summary of the government’s evidence and analysis on the enforcement of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 12 April 2023

Documents

National Minimum Wage enforcement and compliance report, 2021 to 2022

PDF, 3.53 MB, 26 pages

Supplementary data for the National Minimum Wage enforcement and compliance report, 2021 to 2022 (Excel)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.46 MB

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Supplementary data for the National Minimum Wage enforcement and compliance report, 2021 to 2022 (ODS)

ODS, 1.38 MB

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Details

This document looks at the government’s evidence and analysis on the enforcement of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage. The evidence helps monitor, evaluate and review minimum wage enforcement and compliance. It also contains our response to the 2022 Low Pay Commission recommendations.

The evidence covers: 

• estimated non-compliance with the minimum wage
• routes to HMRC enforcement
• enforcement and compliance operations
• enforcement and compliance statistics

Published 12 April 2023