NMW increases – a reminder

With the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills now ‘naming and shaming’ employers who fail to pay the national minimum wage, here’s a reminder that new NMW rates will take effect from the first pay period on or after 1 October 2014.

The adult rate will increase to £6.50 an hour, the rate for 18 to 20 year olds will increase to £5.13 an hour and the rate for 16 and 17 year olds will increase to £3.79 an hour. The apprentice rate will increase to £2.73 an hour and the accommodation offset will increase to £5.08 a day.

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