As part of the Government’s commitment to delivering 3m apprenticeships this Parliament there will be many more Higher and Degree Apprenticeships allowing young people to combine a world-class degree with a world- class apprenticeship. Degree apprenticeships are a new integrated model of Higher Apprenticeship involving employers, universities and relevant professional bodies co-designing apprenticeships to meet full occupational competency and a degree (bachelor’s or master’s). The new Degree Apprenticeships complement the existing degree model whereby current degrees can be used as part of the assessment process to ensure full competency in an occupation. Higher and Degree Apprenticeships are widening access to the professions and developing higher level technical skills needed to improve productivity and support British industry to compete internationally. They are available in occupations as diverse as Solicitor, Software Developer, Accountant, Dental Technician and Space Engineer - and range from level 4 (certificate of HE level) all the way up to level 7, master’s degree level.
NMW Enforcement
The Government has invested many resources into strengthening deterrents and this statistical table on NMW enforcement provides a 2014-15 summary
Arrears Workers
£3,291,529
26,318
Male
6,241
Female
20,077
Cases / Interventions Arrears per case Arrears per worker Cases with arrears Penalties charged Penalties charged £s Strike Rate
2,204
£1,493
£125 33%
735 705
£934,660
Average workers per case
12
Read the full report - National Minimum Wage: Interim government evidence for the 2016 Low Pay Commission .
National Living Wage implementation date 26 October 2015
The National Living Wage will come into effect from 1 April 2016, not 6 April as originally stated in the recently published National Minimum Wage Interim Government Evidence for the 2016 Low Pay Commission.
We published a news item on the National Minimum Wage Interim Government Evidence for the 2016 Low Pay Commission on 16 October 2015. The date in this news item has been updated to reflect the amendment.
New National Minimum Wage offenders named and shamed 26 October 2015
It is not just the smaller, lesser known employers that caught out for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage. Monsoon Accessorize Ltd. tops the latest list of those to be named and shamed as they neglected to pay over £100k to 1438 workers. More than 100 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named and shamed and between them, the 115 companies named owed workers over £389,000 in arrears, and span sectors including hairdressing, retail, education, catering and social care.
Since the scheme was introduced in October 2013, 400 employers have been named and shamed, with total arrears of over £1,181,000 and total penalties of over £513,000.
On 1 October 2015, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rose to £6.70. Employers should be aware of the different rates for the National Minimum Wage depending on the circumstances of their workers.
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