Most people working in the UK are entitled to the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage.
Anyone with the legal status of worker must get at least the minimum 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
- 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 people who are:
- self-employed
- volunteers (by choice)
- company directors
- in the armed forces
- doing work experience as part of a course
- work shadowing
- family members 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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