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Learn more about the National Minimum Wage, including salaried hours work, how to avoid mistakes, keeping records and what to expect from a HMRC check.
Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.
This page collects the annual reports from the Low Pay Commission to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
This review covers the period up to April 2020, when the National Living Wage reached the Government’s initial target of 60 per cent of median earnings.
The government’s remit to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) outlining the areas they should consider when recommending the 2022 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion (green-rated) on DBT’s impact assessment of The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on DWP's National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022
The government’s remit to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) outlining areas to consider when recommending the 2024 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.
The impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on a range of outcomes for low-paying companies in the UK.
This report from the Low Pay Commission finds that the number of people paid less than the statutory minimum wage in the UK increased in 2018.
The National Living Wage will rise to two-thirds of average earnings, the Chancellor announced today (Monday 2 October).
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