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Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Auerbach on 6 February 2026.

• Updated: 6 February 2026

Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.

• Overview

  The National Minimum Wage is worked out at an hourly rate, but it applies…

• Paid by the hour

  Workers paid according to the number of hours they are at work are classed…

• Paid an annual salary

  Most people paid an annual salary are classed as doing ‘salaried hours…

• Paid per task or piece of work done

  Workers paid per task they perform or piece of work they do (known as…

• Paid in other ways (unmeasured work)

  If the work is not covered by any of the other types of work, it’s…

Travel disruption and work - employee rights, employer rights, paid and unpaid holiday entitlement, winter weather

Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.

Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination

A single email set Alfie Allen on course for a seafaring career that has led him to win the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) Officer Trainee of the Year Award 2025.

• Updated: 3 February 2026

The rights of agricultural and farm workers - including pay rates, agricultural minimum wage, overtime, holiday leave, rest breaks, help and advice

Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu

How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing

Tips at work do not count towards the National Minimum Wage - tips and tax, what your employer has to do, advice and help, cash in hand payments