Annual national minimum wage rates

The Government has published the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2017, which are due to come into force on 1 April 2017.

The revised rates are as follows:

• The National Living Wage for those aged 25 and over will increase from £7.20 per hour to £7.50 per hour;
• The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for 21- to 24-year-olds will increase from £6.95 per hour to £7.05;
• The NMW for 18- to 20-year-olds will increase from £5.55 per hour to £5.60;
• The NMW for 16- and 17-year-olds will increase from £4.00 per hour to £4.05; and
• The apprentice rate of the NMW, which applies to apprentices aged under 19 or those aged 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship, will increase from £3.40 per hour to £3.50.

The accommodation offset will increase from £6.00 per day to £6.40 per day.

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