Hi All
Does this living wage apply the same way as NMW. What if employers dont want to pay this? is it mandatory?
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Illegal worker
If someone is already ignoring all the other legal requirements related to employment, they might as well ignore the NLW as well. There is no legal position of being only "sort of an employee". what if an employee is working with no specific contract of employment - lets say, someone helping at a restaurant for 2 weeks, getting cash in hand. Is it mandatory for them to receive the NLW?
If they would rather operate within the law then all parts of the law (including paying NLW) apply.
I would be advising my clients to do things correctly.
So if a PAYE scheme is operated, these employees need to be paid through it. They also need to be paid the minimum / living wage - regardless of the method of payment.
Yes
I think I did not pose my question properly, suppose a person was bought in to work at the said restaurant for 2 weeks, obviously on the payroll but paid in cash. This person might have an implied contract but not anything specific as small businesses often doesn't have comprehensive contracts like larger businesses. With this in mind, since no contract exists, would the NLW still be applicable?
Why would you think otherwise?
I'm not sure
Why is this not called the National Minimum Wage for over 25s if it's mandatory?
Maybe NLW gets more kudos for the government. ;)
What a Great Question !
Why is this not called the National Minimum Wage for over 25s if it's mandatory?
One for Dave Cameron to answer.
Or his Spin Doctor.
NMW & NLW
I do quite a bit of work in healthcare and a lot of the local authority contracts were written where fee uplifts had to be in line with increases in NMW. and have used the name change to try and get out of future uplifts now that NMW is no more.
The local association lawyers have batted it straight back at them stating try not paying it.
I don't understand the name change either as it now confuses it with the real living wage.
It makes
I do quite a bit of work in healthcare and a lot of the local authority contracts were written where fee uplifts had to be in line with increases in NMW. and have used the name change to try and get out of future uplifts now that NMW is no more.
The local association lawyers have batted it straight back at them stating try not paying it.
I don't understand the name change either as it now confuses it with the real living wage.
Politicians look more "special" than they already are.
Worse than that
The National Minimum Wage exists. It's just that when you hit 25 the NMW that you get is called National Living Wage instead.
The adverts about the "government's" national living wage really make me angry. It is another case of the government claiming all the credit while getting businesses to pay all the costs.
I quite agree
The National Minimum Wage exists. It's just that when you hit 25 the NMW that you get is called National Living Wage instead.
The adverts about the "government's" national living wage really make me angry. It is another case of the government claiming all the credit while getting businesses to pay all the costs.
...but that's politics for you.