The National Minimum Wage and Living Wage - 2021

Minimum wage rates

The rates normally change on 1 April every year.

Rates from 1 April 2021

Minimum wage check

You can use the minimum wage check option to easily identify minimum wage employees, including apprentices, and ensure that you always pay them enough. When an employee has a birthday that moves them up to the next minimum wage rate and is being paid less than the minimum wage for their age band, the minimum wage check prompts you to amend the rate.

 NOTE: The wage check applies from the first full tax period after the birthday that moves them up to the next minimum wage rate. 

You can then set specific pay elements to be included in the minimum wage calculation and view and update your minimum wage legislation settings.

You can set up apply the minimum wage check to your employees individually in the employee record or to multiple employees via the global changes option.

You can specify which payments and deductions are to be included in the minimum wage calculations, and whether or not both the hours/no and rate are included, or just the rate. Read more >

Update your employees' rates

You can use the minimum wage check option to prompt you when an employee's being paid below the NMW. To increase the employee's default rates to meet the NMW, you need to adjust the rates in the employee record.