Employment law

News: Increase in National Minimum Wage

  • (Press Article)
  • Date: 01/10/2007
  • Author/Solicitor: Nick Arron

As of 1st October 2007 the minimum wage increase to:-

  • Adults aged 22 and over £5.52 per hour
  • Staff aged 18 - 21 £4.60 per hour
  • Under 18s who are no longer of compulsory school age £3.40 per hour


If employees benefit from accommodation the maximum amount you can offset against the national minimum wage is a total of £30.10 a week.