National Minimum Wage Set to Increase in October
Date: 18/09/2009
The Government has announced the national minimum wage rate for 2009/2010 (external website). With effect from 1 October 2009, the national minimum wage adult rate (paid to workers aged 22 and over) will rise from its current level of £5.73 per hour to £5.80 per hour, an increase of 1.2%.
• What can we expect from the 2010/2011 national minimum wage increase?
• The Government has also announced that, with effect from 1 October 2009:
• The national minimum wage development rate (for workers aged 18 to 21) will rise from £4.77 per hour to £4.83 per hour (an increase of 1.3%); and
• The national minimum wage youth rate (for workers aged 16 and 17) will rise from £3.53 per hour to £3.57 per hour (an increase of 1.1%).
Additionally, the adult rate of the minimum wage will be extended to 21 year-old workers from October 2010