Minimum Wage For A 19 Year Old

[David]

Ok so ive been on £5 an hour since I started working when I was 17, I'm now 19 (Working part time) and im still on the same wage. Ive heard I shuld be on £5.35? Everyone, even the internet tells me different stories. What should I be on and can I claim any money back?

Thanks,

Dave

[Egg Fried Rice]

Im sure other people will correct me if im wrong but i believe that but the minimum wage for an adult (18+) is £5.35. That is wjat my wages will go up to when i turn 18 in 3 months.

JK

Edited September 29, 2007 by J-KAY

[Simpson]

20 March 2006 - The Government has announced that the adult minimum wage rate will rise from £5.05 to £5.35 an hour in October. The youth rate for those aged 18 to 21 will be increased from £4.25 to £4.45. The Government has also accepted the recommendation of the Low Pay Commission that the rate for workers aged 16-17 years should increase from £3.00 to £3.30.

[Danny]

Straight from the horses mouth... http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nmw/#b

What are the current rates of the national minimum wage?

There are three levels of minimum wage, and the rates from 1st October 2007 are:

* £5.52 per hour for workers aged 22 years and older

* A development rate of £4.60 per hour for workers aged 18-21 inclusive

* £3.40 per hour for all workers under the age of 18, who are no longer of compulsory school age.

[Andeee]

WTF im been scammed at my work place. Im 16 years old work 7 hours a day and get £20.00. and i should be getting £23.80 or something after reading that link.

[JT!]

Straight from the horses mouth... http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nmw/#b

I'm only getting 5.35!?

Oh, 1st of October.

Edited September 30, 2007 by JT!

[Si-man]

im 19, and on £5.20 for a 2nd year apprentice. £6 next year

Cant wait to qualify, £13 an hour :D

[Fish-Finger-er]

i dont know how/why, but ive always fell well above the minimum wage bracket, when working for cc at 16, i was on £5 an hour, when working for a posh restaurant as a KP. then as a chef, at 16 and 17, i was on £4.50 and £4.60 an hour. then in my current job, i started at 17, on like £7.50 an hour, now a second year apprentice, on £9.20 an hour, goes up to £10.00 something(possibly touching £11.00) for the next paycheck, as ill be 3rd year.

this may seem a bit offensive, but its not meant to be, how does everyone get jobs that are bordering on minimum wage. i thought nearly everywhere payed well above, washing dishes for 150% the minimum wage, wasnt like i got the job cos of my gcse's any one could of walked straight in there and got the job. and now im only a mechanic, which is hardly a glamorous 50k a year trade.

[anzo]

No one does apprentiships now as it seems; training with a job, its ideal as hell and they know school leavers will love it and do it for shit money...and rightly so, afterall they're getting an expensive college course for nothing.

Most jobs do pay over the minimum wage, but those are boring, dead end, auto-pilot jobs...as you said, washing dishes, packing stuff etc.

Any by the way to all those totalling up their monthly wages to meet Minimum wages...remember you need to calculate it to your actual income, BEFORE tax.