The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is the minimum pay workers are entitled to. The rates differ by age, there is one rate for 16 and 17 year olds; one for 18 to 21; and one for 22 and older.
The national minimum wage applies to almost all workers, with the following exceptions: ‘the genuinely self-employed, genuine volunteers, apprentices under 19, or within the first 12 months of their apprenticeship, students doing work as part of their undergraduate or post-graduate course, workers on certain training schemes, residents of certain religious communities, prisoners, the armed forces and share fishermen’.
For more information and the latest rates see:
http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/pay/national-minimum-wage/index.html
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