"This is a significant rise in whistle-blowing over the national minimum wage in just one year," said Noble. "Employees are now increasingly knowledgeable about their rights, and they're ready to take action if they don't think they're being paid correctly for their time." The government has committed £25.3 million for minimum wage enforcement in 2017/18 and launched a £1.7m awareness campaign for workers earlier this year. Employers found to have been underpaying workers face penalties of up to 200% of the arrears owed, up to a cap of £20,000 per worker.
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Join the CIPP, IES and Eversheds-Sutherland for a half day briefing on minimum wages. Areas covered include the consequences of a trebling in minimum wage jobs, increasing enforcement, current issues and reviewing your employment and reward models. For full details of when and where these events are being held and to book your place, go to Eversheds-Sutherland .
HMRC has various webinars about minimum wages. You can register to join a live webinar covering the information below on 15 February 2018 11am to midday :
the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage common errors made by employers working time and deductions.
You can register to join a live webinar covering the information below on 8 March 2018 11am to midday :
apprenticeships employment status
how to avoid common errors made by employers.
You can also use HMRC’s online course on paying your workers the minimum wage to find out more.
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Minimum Wage Increases from 1 April 2018 20 February 2018
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2018 have been laid before Parliament for approval and will come into force on 1st April 2018.
This instrument amends the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015.
The rates have been increased in line with the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission (LPC). Each of the rates listed below have been accepted by the Government and are due to come into force on 1 April 2018, subject to Parliamentary approval.
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