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National Minimum Wage
National Minimum Wage Compliance and Enforcement
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), in association with HMRC, have published their latest report ‘National Minimum Wage: Compliance and Enforcement’. This covers an 18-month period to 30 September 2012 and sets out the Government’s view – ‘everyone who is entitled to the NMW should receive it’. he National Minimum Wage was established [...]
National Minimum Wage Regulations
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012The Government has published the 2012 Regulations, which lay out the increased rates in the National Minimum Wage that apply from the first pay reference period on or after Monday 01 October 2012: NMW hourly rates October 2011 October 2012 Workers above school leaving age but under age 18 £3.68 £3.68 Youth [...]
Additional changes to national minimum wage regulations
Saturday, October 1st, 2011Two sets of national minimum wage regulations introduce, in addition to the 1 October increases, other measures relating to training schemes and student accommodation. The October increases to the national minimum wage (NMW) rates have been given effect by means of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2011. These amendment regulations and a further set [...]
Advocate General proposes 18-month limit on holiday accrual while on sick leave
Friday, July 15th, 2011Indefinite accrual of holiday leave and pay while on sick leave is incompatible with the objective of recuperation, according to the Advocate General. According to case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the right to annual leave is retained even in cases of long-term illness. The length of time for [...]
Proposed changes to pay rates for agricultural workers
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011Following a meeting on 14 January 2011, the Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland proposes to increase existing minimum rates for agricultural workers across all grades by 1.9% from 4 April 2011. The proposed new rates are: Minimum Rate, applicable for the first 40 weeks cumulative employment – £6.04 per hour. Grade 2 – Standard [...]
Naming and shaming minimum wage offenders
Thursday, January 13th, 2011The Low Pay Commission, in its 2009 Report, recommended that a “name and shame” policy be put in place to expose those employers who show a wilful disregard for the National Minimum Wage (NMW). On 30 September 2010, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced that such a scheme would be introduced from [...]
NMW and travel and subsistence expenses schemes
Friday, December 31st, 2010Alongside the 2009 Pre-Budget Report, the Government announced that it intended to address the problem of potentially exploitative salary sacrifice arrangements that are implemented for some temporary workers paid at or near the National Minimum Wage (NMW). On 11 February 2010, HM Treasury published a consultation document, entitled National Minimum Wage workers: Travel and subsistence [...]
Consultation on draft legislation for Finance Bill 2011
Friday, December 17th, 2010The policy of the Coalition government is to confirm most of its new tax measures at least three months before the introduction of a Finance Bill. The draft text of the legislation that will appear in the Finance Bill 2011 was published on 9 December and is open for technical comment until 9 February 2011. [...]
Questions from our forum 07/12/10
Monday, December 6th, 2010Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Posts: Holiday Pay Entitlement/Accrual for Rec Agencies Have noticed much input on Holiday Accrual and Holiday Pay Accrual and read with interest previous advice and posts that have been made. [...]
Government guidance for employers on statutory employment rights
Friday, October 15th, 2010The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published an 8-page booklet providing general guidance for employers on the working time rules, the national minimum wage and agricultural minimum wages, and on the rules applicable to gangmasters and employment agencies. Links are provided to more detailed information available on the Business Link website. Further [...]
Jersey – Social Security Minister approves Employment Forum’s minimum wage rate recommendations
Friday, October 15th, 2010We reported last week the recommendations of the Employment Forum for increases to the minimum wage by 2% from 1 April 2011. The Social Security Minister has promptly approved all of the recommendations, as follows: minimum wage increase from £6.20 to £6.32 per hour trainee minimum rate increase from £4.65 to £4.74 increases in the [...]
Employers paying less than the minimum wage to be named and shamed from January 2011
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010The Low Pay Commission, in its 2009 Report, recommended that a “name and shame” policy be put in place to expose those employers who show a wilful disregard for the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The government of the time accepted that more should be done to publicise employers that try to cheat their workers and [...]
Discussions under way to abolish Agricultural Wages Board and bring agricultural workers within the National Minimum Wage
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010In its published evidence to the Low Pay Commission, the Government has commented on its proposals to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales. It considers that the current system of setting separate rates for agricultural workers is out-dated; it duplicates the NMW and adds an unnecessary regulatory burden for the agriculture and [...]
Guernsey – New minimum wage law comes into force
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010The Minimum Wage (Guernsey) (Law), 2009 came into force on 1 October 2010 and, from that date, workers must not be paid less than the approved hourly rate, namely £4.25 for workers up to age 18 and £6 for those age 19 and above. Further information: Employment Guide: Statutory Minimum Wage
Proposal to increase Jersey minimum hourly wage rate to £6.32
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010The Employment Forum has recommended that the minimum wage should increase to £6.32 per hour from 1 April next year. The new rate, up 2% from £6.20, represents 40.15% of average weekly earnings, a minor increase towards the States’ target of 45%. The forum also recommended: no lower minimum wage for young people aged 16 [...]
New agricultural minimum pay rates take effect from October 2010
Monday, September 27th, 2010New minimum wage rates for agricultural workers in England and Wales come into force from Friday, 1 October 2010, at the same time as the 2010 National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates. However, unlike the NMW rates which apply to the first pay reference period that starts on or after 1 October, the new agricultural rates [...]
Increase to Grade 1 Agricultural minimum rate from October 2010
Monday, September 27th, 2010Minimum agricultural rates of pay are reviewed annually by the Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland. The anniversary date is the first Monday in April each year. As minimum agricultural rates may not be set below the equivalent National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates, the Grade 1 minimum rate (applicable to workers age 16 and above [...]
Regional Employer NICs Holiday – Guidance and Procedures
Monday, September 13th, 2010Starting 6 September, new businesses can offset up to £5,000 against their NICs liabilities for each of up to 10 new employees… The Coalition government’s June 2010 Budget announced preliminary details of a NICs Holiday for new businesses in targeted areas of the UK. During the three years that the scheme will operate, new businesses [...]
Young Worker Age Related Minimum Wage Rates
Friday, September 3rd, 2010From October 2010, the adult rate of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) applies to workers from age 21, instead of 22. The obvious effect of this change is that, from October, workers aged 21, who must currently be paid not less than £4.83 per hour, will have to be paid at least £5.93 per hour. [...]
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board confirms October 2010 increases
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has confirmed the proposals it made in May 2010 for new wage rate from October 2010. The basic rate of pay for agricultural workers with more than 26 weeks continuous employment will increase by 19p per hour to £6.51 bringing the minimum wage for a 39-hour week to £253.89. The [...]
