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Click to show the answer Is an employer at liberty to determine its own levels of pay?

Click to show the answer Who is eligible for the national minimum wage?

Click to show the answer What is the current rate for the national minimum wage?

Click to show the answer How should employers calculate the amount payable under the national minimum wage?


Click to hide the answerCan benefits in kind count towards the national minimum wage?

No benefits in kind other than accommodation count towards the national minimum wage, regardless of whether a value is attached to them or whether they are taxable. This means that, although an employer will be able to offer benefits such as meals, luncheon vouchers and medical insurance, it will not be able to count their value, or notional value, towards the national minimum wage.

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

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

Click to show the answer 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?

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

Click to show the answer What rate of the national minimum wage is payable when 1 October 2009 falls within a worker's pay reference period?

Click to show the answer What is the rate of the national minimum wage from 1 October 2009?

Click to show the answer Can employers use tips to count towards payment of the national minimum wage?

Click to show the answer 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?

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