No 603 The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2019
These Regulations are the annual amendments to the National Minimum Wage legislation which has existed since 1999 and they come into effect on 1/4/19.
It is important to note that they include an over 25 year old rate which in the past has been referred to as the National Living Wage which has caused confusion between this and the voluntary construct of the National Living Wage which is set at a different rate and occurs in November each year. For the sake of simplicity rather than use the term National Living Wage, it is perhaps easier to refer to the 25 year old and over statutory rate.
Regulation 2(2) increases the rate of the national minimum wage for workers who are aged 25 or over (“the national living wage rate”) from £7.83 to £8.21 per hour (regulation 4 of the 2015 Regulations).
Regulation 2(3)(a) increases the rate of the national minimum wage for workers who are aged 21 or over (but not yet aged 25) from £7.38 to £7.70 per hour (regulation 4A(1)(a) of the 2015 Regulations).
Regulation 2(3)(b) increases the rate of the national minimum wage for workers who are aged 18 or over (but not yet aged 21) from £5.90 to £6.15 per hour (regulation 4A(1)(b) of the 2015 Regulations).
Regulation 2(3)(c) increases the rate of the national minimum wage for workers who are aged under the age of 18 from £4.20 to £4.35 per hour (regulation 4A(1)(c) of the 2015 Regulations).
The apprenticeship rate applies to workers within regulation 5(1)(a) and (b) of the 2015 Regulations. Regulation 2(3)(d) of these Regulations increases the rate for such workers from £3.70 to £3.90 per hour (regulation 4A(1)(d) of the 2015 Regulations).
Regulation 2(4) increases the accommodation offset amount which is applicable where any employer provides a worker with living accommodation from £7.00 to £7.55 for each day that accommodation is provided (regulation 16(1) of the 2015 Regulations).