With the National Minimum Wage due to rise again, Curle & Co. provide details on what is set to change…

The National Minimum Wage is due to increase again from 1 October is 2011. This is a legal right which covers workers above compulsory school leaving age. The new hourly rates are as follows:

• Workers ages 21 and over will increase from £5.93 to £6.08
• Workers between the age of 18-20 will increase from £4.92 to £4.98
• Workers between the age of 16-17 will increase from £3.64 to £3.68
• Apprentices up to the age of 19, or in their first year of apprenticeship, will increase from £2.50 to £2.60 (unless the rate is specified in the apprentice training contract).