National Minimum Wage - Change of Rates from 1 October 2007

Sash · 11-09-2007, 11:20

The new National Minimum Wage rates which will come into effect on 1 October 2007 are as follows:
Age Category NMW Rate Effective Date
16 & 17 £3.40 per hour 1 October 2007
18 to 21 £4.60 per hour 1 October 2007
22+ £5.52 per hour 1 October 2007

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Not much, but it all helps

Grael · 11-09-2007, 11:35

Its totally unfair that young adults get paid alot less than someone who is 22+ for possibly EXACTLY the same amount for work!

Im lucky when i was 18 i was on about 6.25

Sabretooth · 11-09-2007, 12:38

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Originally Posted by Grael

Im lucky when i was 18 i was on about 6.25

I didnt know the lonely streets of Port Talbot paid that much

Ive always had decent pay, Apart from my first job which was less than Minimum Wage.

Grael · 11-09-2007, 12:45

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Originally Posted by Sabretooth

I didnt know the lonely streets of Port Talbot paid that much

Ive always had decent pay, Apart from my first job which was less than Minimum Wage.

Thats because it was in swansea DVLA as a contractor!

Only place that pays decent in PT is the steel works and im not risking my life for any amount of wage!

Moonbeam · 11-09-2007, 15:25

At 16 I was on £4 2s 6d a week !! out of that paid Mum board money, bus fares to work and save for clothes

Fallen-Angel · 11-09-2007, 15:38

Because young adults only need to spend it on candy and rainbow sticks.

I'm 18 and i get minimum wage for 22+, so i'm on an extra 22p PH as of 1st october. Apparently

emma roids · 11-09-2007, 16:05

when i started work after school i got a job, i cant remember the hourly rate but it was summing like £2.50 an hour lol

but that was fine for a 16 year old whos only outgoings was benson and hedges and beer

Evilkitten · 11-09-2007, 16:53

That's cool I guess, I never realised that 22 year olds get paid more. O.O

Sean · 11-09-2007, 19:26

It is a delayed rise against inflation =/ an increase is a increase though, right?

Slowly getting turned off by Gordon Brown, i nearly didn't entirely dislike him...which in todays age is not bad going for a politician.

I despise the fact that a 16 yr old can come fresh out of school, choose a work path rather than a educational one - move out of home, and can be expect to be paid as little as 3.40 while working the same job as lets say a 22 yr old. I know there are hundreds of arguments as to why it's a good thing the minimum wage is staggered, encouragement into a education path etc, but to many it's not a option which they succeed in; why should they be penalized.

teflon · 11-09-2007, 19:54

People really work for that much?
I suppose it must seem like loads to all the Poles and Philipinos.

Paparika · 14-09-2007, 08:38

I think at some point the minimum wage will be scrapped,
i've just started a new job last week, and so did a 19 year old, we both do the same job but in different hostels and we get paid the same, when i asked why not the minimum wage (because i believe that the 19 should indeed be paid the same as me) it was mentioned that if they didn't pay the 19 year old the same as me they could be done for ageism, yes the 19 year old could complain, and this is a government department.... so it got me thinking..

how many of you are on the minimum wage and could try the ageism card for a pay rise. (research it first i wouldn't want anyone loosing their job)

although the minimum wage is a good thing in one sense as it protects the youngsters and makes sure they get a proper wage, how many are still being underpaid because of their age?

when we go to work we are treated as equals then we should be paid the same if we are doing the same job, but then you have the pay scales which depending on experience depends on how much you get.

for an example if i was full time in my job it would be £19k - £24k if i was experienced in my job i would expect to be paid about £22k, where as if someone who is new to it all should start at £19k which i see is fine as it gives you an incentive to work for your money to get up the pay scale ladder, where as the 19 year old that i work with, if the minimum wage was and issue here (it isn't but if it was) she would be on £12k - £16k that would be a big difference.

Mystika · 14-09-2007, 11:49

When the minimum wage first came in, I was earning more than what the government stated I should of been earning.

I think I was getting like 80p more an hour, but they couldnt lower the money which was good, it just meant a lot of us mysteriously lost our jobs due to 'financial cuts'. But the following season, they employed loads more people again and paid them the minimum wage instead of the wage we were all on.

(Hope that made sense, it made sense in my head!)

Sash · 14-09-2007, 13:14

Yep it did Myst. Thats a really dirty trick

Tagred · 19-09-2007, 00:20

bleh i get paid just over £14 an hour and thats still not enough for me to keep paying the bills

anyone got a paper round going?

Mankind · 19-09-2007, 00:29

Get a smaller mortgage?

ShiningForce · 19-09-2007, 10:40

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Originally Posted by Sash

Yep it did Myst. Thats a really dirty trick

meh, companies do that sorta stuff all the time. classic example is tesco, who have a tendancy to fire employees just before their 6 month pay increase, then take them on again a month later.

i'm paid above minimum wage, wonder if it'll go up to reflect this increase...