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Is an employer at liberty to determine its own levels of pay?

Who is eligible for the national minimum wage?

What is the current rate for the national minimum wage?

How should employers calculate the amount payable under the national minimum wage?


How old must a worker be to qualify for the main rate of the national minimum wage?

Workers aged 21 and over are entitled to be paid at the main rate of the national minimum wage (before 1 October 2010, a worker had to be 22 to qualify for this rate).

Workers aged 18 to 20 are entitled to be paid at the development rate. There is a separate rate for workers who are under 18 but older than compulsory school age. From 1 October 2010, there is also a separate rate applicable to apprentices.

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Can benefits in kind count towards the national minimum wage?

Is it permissible for a salary sacrifice arrangement to reduce an employee's pay to below the level of the national minimum wage?

Does an employer need to provide evidence that it is meeting the requirements of the national minimum wage?

Where sales people are employed on a commission-only basis, is their employer obliged to pay the national minimum wage if their commission over a period falls below this?

Are employers required to pay apprentices the national minimum wage?

Are interns entitled to the national minimum wage?

Can an intern waive his or her right to be paid the national minimum wage?

Are students undertaking work experience entitled to the national minimum wage?

Are employers required to pay school children on work experience the national minimum wage?

What rate of the national minimum wage is payable when 1 October 2012 falls within a worker's pay reference period?

What is the rate of the national minimum wage from 1 October 2012?

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?

Can accommodation provided to employees be taken into account when calculating payment of the national minimum wage?

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