All workers must get the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage.
This is whether they are:
- full time
- part time
- doing training essential for the job
- working in a small or 'start-up' business
It also applies to:
- agency workers
- agricultural workers
- apprentices
- casual labourers, for example someone hired for one day
- casual workers
- workers during a probationary period
- foreign workers
- domestic live-in workers, for example au pairs
- offshore workers
- seafarers
- workers paid by commission
- workers paid by the number of items made (piece work)
- zero-hours workers
Some people are not entitled to the minimum wage. This includes someone who is:
- self-employed
- a volunteer (by choice)
- a company director
- in the armed forces
- doing work experience as part of a course
- work shadowing
- a family member living at home and working for the family business
- under school leaving age
Find out more about eligibility for the minimum wage on GOV.UK
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