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