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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.
Thousands of households across the UK are set to be around £3,850 better off as a raft of economic policies come into force.
The National Living Wage will rise to two-thirds of average earnings, the Chancellor announced today (Monday 2 October).
The government's response to the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations on National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates increased on 1 April 2020. This report reviews those increases and the LPC's new remit to 2024.
Minimum wage rates increase on 1 April. This short report looks at the 2021 increases and the path ahead for the next year.
This short report looks at the impact of the increase in National Minimum Wage rates in April 2024, and projects the National Living Wage rate for April 2025.
The Low Pay Commission publishes its 2023 Report looking at compliance and enforcement of the National Minimum Wage.
The minimum wage rates increased on 1 April. This short report looks at the 2022 increases and the path ahead for the next year.
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
This report sets out the Low Pay Commission's analysis of underpayment of the minimum wage and the enforcement regime.
Explains the national living wage (NLW) announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on DWP's National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022
This letter and short report sets out the Low Pay Commission's recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates for April 2023.
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