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National Minimum Wage
Living Wage
The ‘Living Wage’ is an independently and annually set hourly rate which is significantly higher than the National Minimum Wage. It is designed to represent the rate that must be paid by employers for an employee to be able to enjoy an acceptable, basic standard of living. It is calculated in accordance with the basic [...]
Employment Law Changes October 2012
If it’s October then it must be time for the usual employment law changes. Employment legislation is usually enforced on what are referred to as ‘red tape days’ – one in early April and the other in early October. The aim of this is to ensure that, after enactment, the employer is given time to [...]
National Minimum Wage 2012 – Reminder
In March, we advised that the Government had accepted proposals from the Low Pay Commission for the National Minimum Wage rates that will apply from the first ‘pay reference period’ that starts on or after Monday 01 October 2012. The main rates will be as follows: NMW hourly rates October 2011 October 2012 Workers above [...]
National Minimum Wage 2012, Office of Tax Simplification, The Basic Earnings Assessment, P38(S) Farewell, BIS Calls for Evidence and Publishes Employment Law Review, DWP Touchbase E-Zine and RTI – The Summary
Two things that payrollers up and down the country are thinking at this very moment: Where will I be when the Chancellor delivers Budget 2012 this week, and What is the best way for me to find out what impacts me? We have been thinking this at The Learn Centre for some time now and [...]
National Minimum Wage 2012
In our Newsletter last week, we advised that the Low Pay Commission had reported to the Chancellor giving advice on the National Minimum Wage rate for 2012. On 19 March 2012, the Commission confirmed that the Government had accepted its proposals which will apply from the first ‘pay reference period’ that starts on or after [...]
Changes to apprentice rules from October 2010
The changes proposed in the Low Pay Commission’s eleventh National Minimum Wage Report were accepted by the Coalition government in June and included a new minimum rate for apprentices. The Regulations introducing the arrangements for apprentices were made on 22 July and come into force from 1 October 2010. Current rules Currently, apprentices are either [...]
