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Employment
National Minimum Wage Rates 2024
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) has increased.
| Age Category | To 31st March 2024 | From 1st April 2024 |
| 21 and over | - | £11.44 |
| 23 and over | £10.42 | - |
| 21 - 22 | £10.18 | - |
| 18 - 20 | £7.49 | £8.60 |
| Under 18 | £5.28 | £6.40 |
| Apprentice rate** | £5.28 | £6.40 |
**This rate is for apprentices under 19 or those in their first year. If you’re 19 or over and past your first year you get the rate that applies to your age.
Compensation Limits for 2024/25
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2024 will take effect from the 6th April 2024. The Order applies to certain awards of Employment Tribunals and to other amounts payable under employment legislation.
The rates are:
The maximum amount of a 'week's pay' for the purpose of calculating a Redundancy Payment or for the basic or additional award of compensation for Unfair Dismissal claims or for payments to employees in the event of a company going into insolvency is £700.
The limit on the daily amount of Statutory Guarantee Payment is £35.00.
The standard weekly rate of SMP and the weekly rates of SPP, SAP and Maternity Allowance is £184.03.
The weekly rate of SSP is £116.75.
Drug Driving Law
New Drug Driving Legislation came into effect from 2nd March 2015, and only covered England and Wales.
The following link from the Department for Transport (DfT) summarises the legislation.