Categories: national minimum wage

  • Be summer-job ready with the HMRC app

    Young people finishing school, college or university and hoping to earn extra cash after their exams can download the HMRC app to get the details they need to be summer-job ready, says HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

    Young female student working in a bakery

  • Know your worth - check your apprentice pay rates

    During National Apprenticeship Week HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is encouraging apprentices to claim the money that is rightfully theirs. Whether that’s making sure you’re being paid the correct hourly rate to claiming the savings in your Child Trust Fund, this is how to do it.
    Know your worth
    You’ve started an apprenticeship, you’re bringing home a wage, but are you getting paid correct

  • ‘Check your pay’ call to people in Christmas jobs

    Festive workers who may be missing out on the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage are being urged to check their pay.
    Seasonal staff and students on short-term contracts over the Christmas period, including those working in shops, hotels, Christmas markets, garden centres, restaurants and warehouses, are legally entitled to the same minimum rates as other workers.
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  • Birmingham employers urged to check National Minimum Wage payments as £775,000 in arrears is paid to workers

    Almost 2,800 workers in Birmingham were underpaid by £775,000 last year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed as it approaches local employers to help prevent errors in salaries.
    HMRC is writing to more than 8,000 employers in the Birmingham area to highlight common mistakes around the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) - offering practical support to help them get

  • Almost £600,000 in arrears paid to workers in Bradford for National Minimum Wage breaches

    Workersin the Bradford area are being urged to check they are not missing out on wages, after £560,000 worth of arrears was paid out in the city.
    The sum has been issued to 485 workers in Bradford who were underpaid the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage in the 2022 to 2023 financial year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced.
    The National Living Wage is the minimum wage fo

  • Belfast workers urged to check their pay as 6,800 miss out on National Minimum Wage

    People who work in Belfast are being encouraged to check that they are receiving the correct pay, after nearly 7,000 workers in the city were underpaid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) last year. This month HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is writing to more than 30,000 workers in the area to raise awareness and warn about mistakes employers may make with their pay.

  • HMRC reveals absurd excuses for not paying National Minimum Wage

    While the vast majority of employers pay their employees at least the National Minimum Wage, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has today released some of the most absurd excuses used for not paying the legal minimum.
    Last year (2020 to 2021) HMRC helped more than 155,000 workers across the UK recover more than £16 million in pay which was due to them, and also issued more than £14 million in penal

  • National Minimum Wage rate reminder for summer staff

    Students and seasonal staff are being reminded by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to check that they are being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
    All workers are legally entitled to be paid the NMW. This includes temporary seasonal staff, who often work short-term contracts in bars, hotels, shops and warehouses over the summer.
    Last year (2020-21) HMRC helped 155,000 workers across the UK t

  • Football in focus on underpaid workers

    Professional football clubs who fail to pay their staff the National Minimum Wage (NMW) can expect HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to take action against them, the department announced today.

  • Corby job agencies targeted in minimum wage blitz

    Employment agencies in Corby are being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on suspicion of significantly underpaying employees the National Minimum Wage, as part of a newly launched multi-agency taskforce to tackle migrant labour abuse

  • £4m windfall for underpaid workers

    More than 26,000 workers denied the National Minimum Wage by their employers have received a £4 million windfall after action by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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