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Can employers use tips to count towards payment of the national minimum wage? Under the 1 October 2009 changes to the national minimum wage legislation are employers obliged to pass on the full value of all tips to employees? Are employers required to pay a premium to employees who work overtime? Can an employer stop providing group risk insured benefits such as life assurance or private medical cover to employees when they reach a certain age? Do employers need to amend their employee share schemes following the abolition of the default retirement age? Under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, are agency workers entitled to be paid the same overtime rates as direct recruits?