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National Minimum Wage Increase 1st October 2011

The new rates for the National Minimum Wage have been announced.

From 1 October 2011 they will be as follows:

Age 16 – 17  - (workers above leaving school age but under 18) from £3.64 increases to  £3.68

Age 18 – 20 from £4.92 increases to £4.98

Age 21+ from £5.93 increases to £6.08

The apprentice rate has also increased from £2.50 to £2.60 per hour. (for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship).