Who gets the minimum wage
Anyone who is employed as an employee or worker 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
- employees on probation
- foreign workers
- home workers
- offshore workers
- seafarers
- workers paid by commission
- workers paid by the number of items made (piece work)
- zero-hours workers
The only types of work that are not covered are those who are:
- self-employed (by choice)
- a volunteer (by choice)
- a company director
- in the armed forces
- doing work experience as part of a course
- work shadowing
- under school leaving age
If you live in your employer's home
You're entitled to the correct minimum wage if you live in your employer's home. This is unless you're a member of their family.
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