Update (Thursday 7 April 2011) >> National minimum wage 2011/2012 announced:
The national minimum wage adult rate will increase to £6.08 per hour
for 2011/2012, with effect from 1 October 2011. This represents an
increase of 2.5% from the 2010/2011 national minimum wage adult rate,
which currently stands at £5.93 per hour (from 1 October 2010 to 30
September 2011). The 2011/2012 national minimum wage adult rate (at
£6.08 per hour) is therefore set 15p per hour higher than the 20102/011
rate.
According to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) the national minimum wage rates for 2011/2012 will be as follows:
The following rates will come into effect on 1 October 2011:
- The adult rate will increase by 15p to £6.08 an hour;
- The rate for 18-20 year olds will increase by 6p to £4.98 an hour;
- The rate for 16-17 year olds will increase by 4p to £3.68 an hour; and
- The rate for apprentices will increase by 10p to £2.60 an hour.
Business Secretary Vince Cable comments:
More than 890,000 of Britain's lowest-paid workers will gain from these changes. They are appropriate - reflecting the current economic uncertainty while at the same time protecting the UK's lowest-paid workers. I would like to thank the LPC for doing a good job in difficult circumstances.
The BBC's Robert Peston comments via Twitter:
Today's announced increase in the minimum wage of 2.5% to 608p is considerably less than current rate of inflation.
Previous updates:
The latest national minimum wage (subscription required) increase comes into effect from today (Friday 1 October 2010). As a result of the 2010/2011 national minimum wage uprating, the national minimum wage adult rate has risen from £5.80 per hour to £5.93 per hour, an increase of 2.2%. Additionally, the adult rate of the national minimum wage is extended to cover 21 year-old workers (it was previously paid to workers aged 22 and over).- National minimum wage: What are the new rates for 2010/2011? Visit XpertHR's new Pay Intelligence blog for further details of the 2010/2011 national minimum wage rates.
- National minim wage: Take part in the XpertHR benchmarking survey
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