The National Minimum Wage is increasing again, with the new rates taking effect from 1 April 2017 instead of October.
This is the second compulsory pay rise in just over six months for some younger employees. All future increases in the national minimum wage and living wage will take effect from 1 April each year.
read more The main National Minimum Wage Rate, for those 21 and over, increased from £6.50 to £6.70 per hour. It is essential that employers identify when an employee has moved into a new age band to ensure they pay the full National Wage due from that point. The maximum penalty for failing to pay the right amount is now £20,000 per employee.
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There will be changes from April 2016 onwards.
The wages of young workers aged under 21 are already free of employer’s National Insurance Contributions as long as they earn no more than £815 per week.
