national minimum wage uk 2009

[littlegriff]

i know it increased to 5.80 in October, but does anyone know the exact date, as got me wage packet to and they are still paying me 5.73
thanks

[Pigletion]

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nmw/archived_rates.htm

This page says £5.73 per hour from 1/10/08 to 30/09/09, so 1st of October onwards should be the increase..

[littlegriff]

thank you pigletion, will have to phone payroll tomorrow then, trying to dupe me out of 7p an hour.

[Pigletion]

I know, how rude!

Was just noodling round HMRC web site and it said this
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What are the current rates of the national minimum wage?

There are three levels of minimum wage, and the rates from 1 October 2009 are:

* £5.80 per hour for workers aged 22 years and older
* a development rate of £4.83 per hour for workers aged 18-21 inclusive
* £3.57 per hour for all workers under the age of 18, who are no longer of compulsory school age

Development rate

The development rate for workers age 22 and over was abolished for pay reference periods starting on or after 1 October 2006. From that date, all workers aged 22 and over who qualify for the national minimum wage will be entitled to the main rate of national minimum wage. This applies even where the worker was previously in receipt of the development rate for those aged 22 and over and had been receiving that rate for less than six months.

from http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nmw/#b
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last bit may have confused the issue at certain places.

I reckon someone probably just forgot to update the computer. Hope you get it sorted

[Buenchico]

Increases in the National Minimum Wage become effective from the start of the first pay period on, or after, 1st October.

If you've just received your pay for (say) a 4 week period which commenced prior to 1st October, it's perfectly lawful for your employer to use the 'old' rate for the entire period.

Chris

[clw1981]

I hope you manage to get this sorted as they are breaking the law by not paying you the correct minimum wage. If the refuse to sort this out then immediately you should consider approaching the Citizens Advice.