New National Minimum & Living Wage rates
The government supported the Low Pay Commissions recommendations around National Minimum and Living wage and as such announced the National Living Wage will increase by 2.2% to £8.91 an hour from April 2021 and importantly, as per last year's budget commitment the reduction in age for NLW from the current 25-year start point to 23 years old.
As such the new rates from 1 April 2021 are below:
- Apprentice Rate - £4.30
- Workers above compulsory school leaving age, but under 18 - £4.62
- Workers aged 18 to 20 - £6.56
- Adult Workers aged 21-22 - £8.36
- Accommodation offset (daily rate) - £8.36
- National Living Wage (23 & over) - £8.91
