The Government has asked the Low Pay Commission to consider introducing a national minimum wage rate for apprentices (according to the News Distribution Service website).
Currently, apprentices are entitled to receive the minimum wage only if they have completed the first year of their apprenticeship and are 19 or over. The Low Pay Commission is an independent body set up to advise the Government on the national minimum wage. In its 2009 report on the national minimum wage (PDF format, 4.6MB) (on the Low Pay Commission website) the Commission recommended that a minimum wage for apprentices should be introduced. The Government has now asked the Commission to consider the detailed arrangements for an apprentice minimum wage and recommend a new rate, including when it should be introduced, and report back by the end of February 2010.
See The national minimum wage (subscription required) in the XpertHR employment law manual for the law on the national minimum wage.
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