Employers' notes from Right HR
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Increases in National Minimum Wage from October 2010

The rates will be:

  • £5.93 per hour for those aged 21 and above (the higher rate applies to 21-year olds for the first time from October 2010.
  • £4.93 per hour for those aged 18 to 21 years.
  • £3.64 per hour for those aged 16 to 17 years.

Also it is untended to introduce an apprentice minimum wage of £2.50 per hour from 1st October. The new rate will apply to those apprentices who are under 19 or those that are 19 and over but in the first year of their apprenticeship.