Increase in the National Minimum Wage rate – 1 October 2011
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is the minimum amount of pay that workers are entitled to. There are different rates – one for 16 and 17 year olds; one for workers aged 18 to 20; and one for workers aged 21 and older.
From 1 October 2011 the minimum rates of pay are:
- £6.08 per hour for workers aged 21 and over
- £4.98 per hour for workers aged 18 -20
- £3.68 per hour for workers aged *16 – 17
- a minimum wage of £2.60 per hour for apprentices who are either under 19 or in the first year of their apprenticeship.
* Above school leaving age i.e. after 30th June of the school year in which the 16th birthday occurs. These rates are reviewed annually.
See link to legislation here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2345/contents/made
