{"id":2425,"date":"2016-04-14T14:44:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T14:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2016-04-14T14:44:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T14:44:17","slug":"national-living-wage-employer-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/national-living-wage-employer-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"National living wage: employer responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employers must now pay workers over the age of 25 at least \u00a37.20 an hour. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The national living wage (NLW) replaces the current national minimum wage (NMW) of \u00a36.70 an hour for people who are 25 or over. This is not a simple increase of the adult rate of NMW as individuals between 21 and 24 won’t be affected by the change. All other NMW wage rates and bands remain the same until October 2016.<\/p>\n

National living and minimum wage hourly rates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Age<\/td>\nHourly rate until October 2016<\/td>\nHourly rate from October 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25 and over<\/td>\n\u00a37.20<\/td>\n\u00a37.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21 -24 year old rate<\/td>\n\u00a36.70<\/td>\n\u00a36.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18 \u2013 20 year old rate<\/td>\n\u00a35.30<\/td>\n\u00a35.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16 \u2013 17 year old rate<\/td>\n\u00a33.87<\/td>\n\u00a34.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apprentice rate*<\/td>\n\u00a33.30<\/td>\n\u00a33.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*For apprentices aged 16 \u2013 18 or those 19 or over in their first year.<\/p>\n

Calculating pay<\/h3>\n

NMW calculations don’t just involve an hourly rate. Employers will also have to include:<\/p>\n