Coming up in 2018
Wage rates rise
From 1 April 2018, the National Minimum Wage will increase. The
rates will be:
- £7.83 per hour (from
£7.50) aged 25 and over
- £7.38 per hour (from
£7.05) aged 21 – 24
- £5.90 per hour (from
£5.60) aged 18 – 20
- £4.20 per hour (from
£4.05) aged 16 -17
- The apprentice rate increases from
£3.50 to £3.70 per hour.
From 2 April 2018, the rate of statutory maternity pay,
statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory
shared parental pay increases from £140.98 per week to
£145.18 or 90% of the employee's average weekly earnings,
whichever is lower.
Gender pay gap reporting
Only 7% of employers required to publish gender pay details have
done so. All companies employing more than 250 people must publish
their mean and median gender and bonus pay gap, the proportion of
men and women who receive bonuses, and the proportion of men and
women in each pay band quartile by 4 April 2018. Please contact us
if
