NMWM05160 - Entitlement to National Minimum Wage: family members

Relevant legislation

The legislation that applies to this page is as follows:

• National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015, regulations 57(1), 57(2) & 58

General

A family member living at home as part of the family and helping out with family chores does not qualify for the minimum wage.

Similarly, work carried out by a family member, living at the family home of the employer and participating in the running of the family business, falls outside the National Minimum Wage provisions.

A limited company is a legal entity in its own right and cannot be considered to have a family, to be a member of a family or to own a family home.

See also: Friends and Neighbours (NMWM05170) and Living as Part of the Family (NMWM05180).