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The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates: age, apprentices, previous years.
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
The minimum wage a worker should get depends on their age and if they’re…
People classed as ‘workers’ must be at least school leaving age to get the…
Employers must pay workers the correct minimum wage. You can read guidance…
Workers who think their pay is below the correct minimum wage rate should…
The Government has announced National Minimum Wage rates for April 2024, including the National Living Wage.
The government's response to the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations on National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
This letter and short report sets out the Low Pay Commission's recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates for April 2023.
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 for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Read the Low Pay Commission's recommendations on the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates from April 2022.
Minimum wage rates increase on 1 April. This short report looks at the 2021 increases and the path ahead for the next year.
This report by the Low Pay Commission marks the increase in all rates of the National Minimum Wage in April 2023 and looks ahead to rates for 2024 and beyond.
It is illegal for your employer to pay you below the National Living Wage, so check your pay and talk to your manager to make sure you’re getting the wages you are entitled to.
Includes National Minimum Wage rates, keeping pay records and pay rights
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.
The minimum wage rates increased on 1 April. This short report looks at the 2022 increases and the path ahead for the next year.
Low Pay Commission publishes advice to Government on the future of the National Minimum Wage beyond 2024
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