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UK Statutory Instrument
2015
United Kingdom
National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015
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What's here
1 compliance obligation, 5 practical guides across 3 topics · 12 journeys
Who this Act binds
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Relevant guidance
Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.
Direct — cites this Act
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3 guidesOther Acts binding the same actors
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Employers also bound by 171 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 204 duties
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 201 duties
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 1989 55 duties
- Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 2006 51 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 47 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1
Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Part 2 — Rates of the National Minimum Wage and Pay Reference Period
Browse 5 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
The national living wage
Determining whether the apprenticeship rate applies
Pay reference period
Determining the applicable national minimum wage rate
Workers who qualify for the national minimum wage at a different rate
Part 3
Browse 1 other section in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Part 4
Browse 9 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Remuneration in a pay reference period
Payments as respects the pay reference period
Payments and benefits in kind which do not form part of a worker’s remuneration
Determining the reductions which reduce the worker’s remuneration
Deductions or payments for the employer’s own use and benefit
Deductions or payments as respects a worker’s expenditure
Deductions or payments as respects living accommodation
Deductions or payments as respects living accommodation adjusted for absences
Amount for provision of living accommodation
Part 5
Browse 34 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Hours of work for determining whether the national minimum wage has been paid
Hours where payment due on submission of a record
Hours spent training
Hours spent travelling
The meaning of salaried hours work
Determining hours of salaried hours work in a pay reference period
Absences from work to be reduced from the salaried hours work in a pay reference period
The meaning of the calculation year
Determining the basic hours in the calculation year
Determining whether the worker works more than the basic hours in the calculation year
Hours treated as worked for the purpose of determining whether the worker works more than the basic hours in the calculation year and, where the worker does, the number of salaried hours work in that year
Determining hours of salaried hours work if the worker works more than the basic hours in the calculation year
Hours of salaried hours work if the employment terminates before the end of the calculation year (or contract is varied so it is no longer a contract for salaried hours work)
The meaning of time work
Determining hours of time work in a pay reference period
Time work where worker is available at or near a place of work
Training treated as hours of time work
Travelling treated as hours of time work
Hours not treated as time work
The meaning of output work
Determining hours of output work in a pay reference period
Training treated as hours of output work
Travelling treated as hours of output work
Industrial action not treated as output work
Requirements for rated output work
The meaning of average hourly output rate (rated output work)
Determining hours of rated output work in a pay reference period
The meaning of unmeasured work
Determining hours of unmeasured work in a pay reference period
Training treated as hours of unmeasured work
Travelling treated as hours of unmeasured work
Industrial action not to be unmeasured work
The daily average agreement
Determining the hours treated as worked under a daily average agreement
Part 6
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Schemes for training, work experience, temporary work or for seeking or obtaining work
Schemes for trial periods of work
Work experience as part of a higher or further education course
Traineeships in England
Work schemes for provision of accommodation to the homeless
European Union programmes
Work does not include work relating to family household
Work does not include work relating to family business
Part 7
Records to be kept by an employer
- Keep and maintain detailed National Minimum Wage records Employer
Other sections — not classified into a Part
These sections exist in the Act but the contents-of-Parts walker did not place them under a Part. Likely amendments or sections inserted out of the original Part structure.
Browse 1 other unclassified section
Revocations
Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- Tips, gratuities, service charges and troncs (opens in a new tab) Publication
- Tips, gratuities, service charges and troncs (opens in a new tab) Publication
- National Minimum Wage: employer guidance (opens in a new tab) Publication
- Calculating the National Minimum Wage (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- Acas NMW guidance (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- NMW record keeping requirements (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- Calculating the minimum wage (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- NMW calculator for employers (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- National Minimum Wage rates (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
HM Revenue & Customs
Tax collection, customs duties, national insurance, tax credits, and enforcement of the National Minimum Wage. Regulates all UK businesses for tax compliance …
Connected legislation
parent Act
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Made under
National Minimum Wage Act 1998 1998 Primary Act
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