National Minimum Wage - Low Pay Commission to make recommendations for 2010 and 2011

Written by Ian Congreave - Filed under: National Minimum Wage on September 9th, 2009

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The Government has asked the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to make recommendations for minimum wage rates in 2010 and, as appropriate, for 2011. In addition, detailed consideration will be given to the accommodation offset and to the introduction of a minimum rate for apprentices.

With regard to apprentices, the LPC is inviting comments from interested parties on the following issues by 8 September 2009:

What is an appropriate rate for an apprentice minimum wage?
At what level(s) of apprenticeship should the apprentice wage apply?
Should the apprentice minimum wage vary by age, and if so, how?
Over what time period should the apprentice wage apply? Should the wage vary over the duration of training (e.g. be staged between years)?
Should the apprentice wage apply on a weekly or hourly basis?
How should time spent training (either ‘on-the-job’ or ‘off-the-job’) rather than working be treated?

The deadline for responses on apprentices is 8 September 2009. It may be helpful when responding to these issues to consider that from October 2009 the adult hourly rate of the National Minimum Wage will be £5.80, the hourly rate for the Youth Development Rate will be £4.83 and the hourly rate for 16–17 year olds will be £3.57.

Further information:
Consultation on the National Minimum Wage

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Written by Ian Congreave -

Filed under: National Minimum Wage on September 9th, 2009