The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced on the day before her 26th November 2025 Autumn Budget the acceptance of the Low Pay Commission recommendations on increases to the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage. These uplifts are predicted in benefit 2.7 million U.K. workers with a significant increase in pay. (c)2025 … Continue reading April 2026 National Minimum and Living Wage
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Dear SD Worx and PayHR.UK, HMRC publishes the Employer Bulletin 6 times a year, giving employers and agents the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them. The October edition of Employer Bulletin includes articles on: Making your PAYE Settlement Agreement payment Guidance for labour supply chains featuring umbrella companies New Advisory Electric … Continue reading October 2025 – Employer Bulletin
The Government has accepted the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) on the minimum wage rates for 2024. The LPC is an independent body that advises the Government on the minimum wage. The new rates are shown below. NMW rate from 1 April 2024Increase in pencePercentage increaseNational Living Wage (21 and over)£ 11.44£ 1.029.8%18-20 … Continue reading National Minimum Wage Raise
The Chancellor is set to confirm that National Living Wage will be "at least £11 per hour." At the Conservative conference today, the Chancellor is expected to announce a rise in National Living Wage - the highest band of National Minimum Wage - to over eleven pounds per hour. Full details of the new National … Continue reading Up to eleven
Over 200 employers are today (21 June 2023) being named by government for failing to pay their lowest paid staff the minimum wage. The 202 employers were found to have failed to pay their workers almost £5 million in a clear breach of National Minimum Wage (NMW) law, leaving around 63,000 workers out of pocket.
The National Living Wage (NLW) increases on Saturday 1 April by 9.7 per cent to £10.42, providing a pay rise to millions of workers aged 23 and over across the UK. 21-22 year olds will see their pay increase by 10.9 per cent to £10.18 per hour while pay for younger workers and apprentices will also rise by 9.7 per cent.
Almost 400,000 people working for over 11,000 real Living Wage Employers throughout the country are set for a vital cost-of-living pay boost, as the new Living Wage rates rise to £10.90 an hour across the UK (£1 increase), and £11.95 an hour in London (90p increase), supporting workers and families. This year’s Living Wage rates have been brought forward in recognition of the sharp increase in living costs over the past year.
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) today publishes a report on non-compliance and enforcement of the minimum wage in Leicester’s textiles manufacturers. Since 2020, multiple agencies have carried out large-scale joint enforcement operations in Leicester, partly in response to persistent reports of exploitation and underpayment. Low Pay Commissioners heard evidence on the forces driving non-compliance and what enforcement bodies have found.
ExCeL London becomes Accredited Living Wage Employer The Royal Docks receives formal recognition from the Living Wage Foundation for Making a Living Wage Place Key step in Mayor Khan’s plan to Make London a Living Wage CityAim of increasing the number of Royal Docks accredited Living Wage Employers by 50% by 2025 Community-led Royal Docks … Continue reading ROYAL DOCKS SEEKS TO EXCEL AS A LIVING WAGE PLACE
new pay protection laws on minimum wage for thousands of seafarers regularly entering UK waterslaws will prevent firms undercutting fair pay for seafarers by using legal loopholes to pay low wagesgovernment publishes response to the consultation on Seafarers’ Wages Bill The UK government introduced new legislation on 6th July 2022 to make sure seafarers get paid at least … Continue reading Bill ensures thousands of seafarers receive fair pay