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The government's response to the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations on National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
Over 500 employers are named by government for failing to pay the minimum wage.
Low Pay Commission recommendations take the minimum wage to its long term target in April 2024
This page contains the Low Pay Commission's advice to the Government on minimum wage policy beyond 2024.
The LPC's 2023 report on compliance and enforcement presents data on underpayment and explores the persistence of underpayment for individual workers.
This report sets out the Low Pay Commission's analysis of underpayment of the minimum wage and the enforcement regime.
Read the Low Pay Commission's recommendations on the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates from April 2022.
Contact HMRC with employer enquiries about the National Minimum Wage
This letter and short report sets out the Low Pay Commission's recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates for April 2023.
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.
Guidance on when seafarers and other persons who work at sea are entitled to the minimum wage.
Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.
The government’s remit to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) outlining the areas they should consider when recommending the 2024 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.
This page collects the annual reports from the Low Pay Commission to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
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