Review the organisation's pay rates against the national minimum wage

FAQs

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

• What is the current rate for the national minimum wage?

• What is the national living wage?

• Who is eligible for the national minimum wage?

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

• When a worker turns age 25, are they entitled to be paid the national living wage rate from the date of their birthday?

• Which elements of pay count for the purposes of calculating whether or not the national minimum wage has been paid?

• 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?

• 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?

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

• Can employers use tips to count towards payment of the national minimum wage?

• Are interns entitled to the national minimum wage?

• Can interns waive their 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?

• Are employers required to pay apprentices the national minimum wage?

• Are apprentices who are aged 25 or over entitled to the national living wage?

• How should employers calculate whether or not a worker has been paid the national minimum wage?

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