The National Minimum Wage legislation is complex and there have been a number of high profile cases in recent years particularly in the care industry concerning whether carers are entitled to the national minimum wage when sleeping or on call. The National Minimum laws contain highly complex rules about calculating the number of hours worked […]
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National minimum wage v living wage
Ever wondered what the difference between the national minimum wage and the living wage is? Well here we explain the national minimum wage v living wage puzzle. April 2016 is due to see the introduction of the national living wage which will increase the national minimum wage to £7.20 for adults over the age of 25 […]
Slavery disclosure
It has recently been announced that businesses in the UK with a total turnover in excess of £36 million will need to comply with a duty to publicly report steps they have taken to ensure their operations and suppliers are trafficking and slavery free with effect from October 2015. The duty arises in the Modern […]
National Minimum Wage shame
The Government has released its latest list of 25 employers who have failed to pay their staff the national minimum wage and have been issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NoU) following calls to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline by the workers. The cases have been investigated and notices issued. Once again the names on […]
National Minimum Wage and sleeping time
When the provisions of the Working Time Regulations came into force, there was a run of cases concerning whether those that were required to be on night shifts sleeping at the employer’s premises were in fact working for the purposes of working time. The recent case of Esparon t/a Middle West Residential Care Home v […]
Interns and national minimum wage
There has been lots of press coverage over the past few months about unpaid work and in particular internships. The Government has recently launched new guidance for interns on the issue of fair pay to help tackle some of the issues around knowledge. HMRC also appears to be taking a more proactive role. HMRC enforces […]
National Minimum Wage rises for October
The summer is a traditionally quiet period for employment news as everyone heads off for their summer holidays. Some Courts break for the summer recess and everyone is busy enjoying the British summer. Well on a quiet news day, I thought I would share a forthcoming change in employment law or rather a raise in […]
National Minimum Wage fines by HMRC
HMRC has fined 708 employers with fines of up to £5,000 following 1.693 complaints about workers not receiving the national minimum wage in 2012-13. 26,000 workers have received £4m between them. The employers in question have not been named and shamed but included a major fashion chain who was forced to pay their 90 unpaid interns […]