From April 2020, the new rates are:

• The National Living Wage for ages 25 and above - up 6.2% to £8.72
• The National Minimum Wage for 21 to 24-year-olds - up 6.5% to £8.20
• For 18 to 20-year-olds - up 4.9% to £6.45
• For under-18s - up 4.6% to £4.55
• For apprentices - up 6.4% to £4.15

Apprentices are entitled to the apprentice rate if they’re either:

• aged under 19
• aged 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship

Who gets the minimum wage

Workers must be at least school leaving age to get the National Minimum Wage. They must be 25 or over to get the National Living Wage.

Contracts for payments below the minimum wage are not legally binding. The worker is still entitled to the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage.

Workers are also entitled to the correct minimum wage if they’re:

• part-time
• casual labourers, for example someone hired for one day
• agency workers
• workers and homeworkers paid by the number of items they make
• apprentices
• trainees, workers on probation
• disabled workers
• agricultural workers
• foreign workers
• seafarers
• offshore workers