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The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39) creates a minimum wage across the United Kingdom. [2] From 1 April 2024, the minimum wage is £11.44 per hour for people aged 21 and over, £8.60 for 18- to 20-year-olds, and £6.40 for 16- to 17-year-olds and apprentices aged under 19 or in the first year of their apprenticeship. [3]
The National Living Wage is an obligatory minimum wage payable to workers in the United Kingdom aged 21 [a] and over which came into effect on 1 April 2016. As of April 2024 [update] it is £11.44 per hour. [ 1 ]
This includes the right to a minimum wage of £11.44 for over-23-year-olds from April 2023 under the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. [4] The Working Time Regulations 1998 give the right to 28 days paid holidays, breaks from work, and attempt to limit long working hours.
The minimum wage, or national living wage for over-21s, will rise from £11.44 to between £12.12 and £12.20 from next year, The Times reported.
The Low Pay Commission, the panel of experts which advises the government on minimum wage increases, said the most likely increase needed for the National Living Wage in 2025 would be a 3.9% rise ...
The following list provides information relating to the minimum wages (gross) of countries in Europe. [1] [2]The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the exceptions of France (35 hours), [3] Belgium (38 hours), [4] United Kingdom (38 hours), [3] Germany (38 hours), [5] Ireland (39 hours) [5] and Monaco (39 hours). [6]
The influential think tank said full-time minimum wage employees, earning £20,800 per year, will only gain £165 per year from the cut, while being hit by £413 in so-called stealth taxes.
United Kingdom: The minimum wage in the United Kingdom is: £11.44 stg (US$15.67) per hour for those aged 21+ £8.60 (US$11.78) per hour for those aged 18–20 £6.40 (US$8.77) per hour for those aged 16-17, apprentices aged 16 to 18, and those aged 19 or over who are in their first year of apprenticeship. [242]