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PAY AND WORK RIGHTS An employer's guide to government enforced employment rights. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Basic guidance on pay and work rights, and signposts information available from the pay and work rights helpline and website. Covers the national minimum wage, agricultural minimum wage, working time, gangmasters and agency regulations for employers. See URN 10/1166 for the guide for workers.
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| 10/1167 | 01-10-2010 |
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Consultation note on proposals to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Closed consultation. Consultation note on amendment proposals for the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. Consultation period ended 31 October 2003.
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| 03/1829 | 01-01-2003 |
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NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE Delivering results. National minimum wage compliance: report for 2009/10 and forward look to 2010/11. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Annual report on the national minimum wage written in conjunction with HM Revenue and Customs. Reports on performance for 2009/10 and future plans for 2010/11. See also the Government non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission 2010 (URN 10/1104).
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| 10/280 | 01-10-2010 |
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Final regulatory impact assessment. National minimum wage RIA: increasing adult and youth rates in October 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Impact of costs and benefits of increasing the national minimum wage in October 2006.
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| 06/1388 | 23-06-2006 |
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Full regulatory impact assessment: increase in national minimum wage rates March 2004. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Considers the impact of proposals to increase the adult and development rates for the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The proposals reflect the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission's fifth report into the NMW.
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| 04/931 | 31-03-2004 |
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Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission 2007: non-economic evidence. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the Government's non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission's 2007 consultation on enforcement, publicity and awareness, increased annual leave, social care, and workers. See 07/1650 for economic evidence.
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| 07/1400 | 10-10-2007 |
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Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission on the economic effects of the national minimum wage: December 2008. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Economic assessment of the impact of the national minimum wage. See URN 08/1249 for the non-economic evidence.
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| 08/1479 | 02-12-2008 |
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Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission on the economic effects of the national minimum wage: January 2010. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Assesses recent trends in economic and labour market performance, the impact of the national minimum wage on pay, employment and on younger workers and marginal groups.
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| 10/504 | 25-01-2010 |
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Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission on the economic effects of the national minimum wage: January 2011. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Assesses recent trends in economic and labour market performance and the impact of the national minimum wage on pay and employment. Focuses on younger workers and marginal groups.
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| 11/P109 | 14-01-2011 |
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Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission on the economic effects of the national minimum wage: November 2007. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the Government's economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission's 2007 consultation on the national minimum wage. See also 07/1400 for non-economic evidence.
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| 07/1650 | 29-11-2007 |
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Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission on the national minimum wage: December 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Presents the government's evidence on the national minimum wage to the Low Pay Commission.
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| 06/2189 | 06-12-2006 |
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Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission on the national minimum wage: November 2005. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the government's non-economic and economic evidence to the low pay commission on the national minimum wage.
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| 05/1890 | 07-12-2005 |
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Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission: November 2004. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Government evidence on the National Minimum Wage in its sixth year of operation. Includes key initiatives from the last 12 months such as the fair piece rate regulations.
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| 04/1921 | 30-11-2004 |
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Government submissions to the Low Pay Commission: December 2003. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Government evidence on the updating of the minimum wage in 2004, and on the advantages and disadvantages of a minimum wage for 16 and 17 year olds.
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| 04/538 | 01-01-2004 |
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Guidance on transparency for consumers on service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Guidance on the new requirement for businesses to ensure that information about service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges is made available to consumers on the premises and before they make the decision to make any discretionary additional payment. Includes examples. See URN 09/1358 for guidance relating to workers.
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| 09/1357 | 22-10-2009 |
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Guidance on transparency for workers on service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Guidance on the new requirement for businesses to ensure that their employees understand the policy relating to
service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges. See URN 09/1357 for guidance relating to consumers.
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| 09/1358 | 22-10-2009 |
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Impact assessment of the amendment to the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2008. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Full impact assessment for the October 2008 national minimum wage (NMW) increase in rates. Also looks at extending the exemption of the NMW for work trials up to a duration of 6 weeks and the clarification of which Government employment programmes are exempt from the NMW.
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| 08/936 | 05-06-2008 |
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Increase in national minimum wage rates: partial regulatory impact assessment. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Considers the impact of proposals to increase the adult and development rates for the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The proposed increases to the rate reflect the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission's latest report into the NMW.
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| 03/821 | 17-06-2003 |
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National minimum wage and voluntary workers: Government response to consultation. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Government response to the public consultation on national minimum wage and voluntary workers (URN 07/962), also covering volunteering and cadet force adult volunteer issues.
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| 07/1663 | 27-11-2007 |
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19 Pages
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National minimum wage annual report 2005/2006 (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Annual report on the national minimum wage written in conjunction with HM Revenue and Customs. Progress and developments in the year 2005/2006. This information was incorporated into the 'Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission: non-economic evidence' until 2010 when it was again published separately.
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| 06/280 | 31-10-2006 |
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NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE National minimum wage annual report for 2010/11. Delivering results: national minimum wage compliance report for 2010/11. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Annual report on the national minimum wage written in conjunction with HM Revenue and Customs for 2010/11. See also the Government economic and non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission (11/1264).
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| 11/280 | 16-12-2011 |
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National minimum wage compliance strategy. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the Government's strategy on national minimum wage compliance and enforcement. Builds on the achievements of the last 10 years and provides the Government's plans for the next 3 - 5 years time, including the opportunities presented by the new enforcement regime introduced in April 2009.
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| 10/678 | 25-03-2010 |
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National minimum wage enforcement: penalty notice policy. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Policy that Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will use to issue penalty notices to financially penalise employers who are non-compliant with an enforcement notice, who have underpaid the national minimum wage and ignored an official demand to repay arrears to workers.
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| 07/546 | 09-01-2007 |
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National Minimum Wage Regulations 2009: final impact assessment. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the costs and benefits for uprating the national minimum wage in October 2009. Also looks at amending exemptions contained in the draft 2009 National Minimum Wage Regulations for Erasmus students and Comenius assistants to bring their treatment into line with others in EU lifelong learning programmes.
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| 09/1025 | 10-06-2009 |
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National minimum wage RIA: increasing adult and youth rates in October 2005 and 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Regulatory impact assessment for proposals to increase the adult and development rates of the National Minimum Wage in 2005 and 2006, which reflect the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission's sixth report.
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| 05/1004 | 25-02-2005 |
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National minimum wage. Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission 2008: non-economic evidence. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the Government's non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission's 2008 on enforcement, publicity, awareness and guidance, and other issues relating to the national minimum wage. See URN 08/1479 for the economic evidence.
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| 08/1249 | 19-11-2008 |
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52 Pages
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National minimum wage: final Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission 2011. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the Government's economic and non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission on national minimum wage policy issues. Covers the rates, the youth labour market, compliance, enforcement and awareness. See also the national minimum wage compliance report for 2010-2011 (URN 11/280).
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| 12/513 | 06-02-2012 |
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National minimum wage: Government evidence to the Low Pay Commission 2011. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the Government's economic and non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission on national minimum wage policy issues. Covers the rates, the youth labour market, compliance, enforcement and awareness. See also the national minimum wage compliance report for 2010-2011 (URN 11/280) and the final Government evidence (12/513).
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| 11/1264 | 15-09-2011 |
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National minimum wage: Government non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission 2009. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the Government's non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission on national minimum wage enforcement, awareness, publicity and guidance, and other policy issues including apprenticeship pay.
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| 09/1363 | 12-10-2009 |
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National minimum wage: Government non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission 2010. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the Government's non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission on national minimum wage policy issues, compliance and enforcement, awareness and publicity. Also includes the Government response to the 2010 recommendations.
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| 10/1153 | 01-10-2010 |
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National minimum wage: Government response to the 2010 Low Pay Commission report. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the Government's response to the recommendations in the Low Pay Commission's 2010 report. It covers the recommended rates for both the national minimum wage and for an apprentice minimum wage.
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| 10/875 | 25-03-2010 |
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National Minimum Wage: Government response to the Low Pay Commission’s 2011 report. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Government response accepting the Low Pay Commission's recommendations to Government on national minimum wage and related issues in their 2011 report (URN 11/497).
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| 11/821 | 07-04-2011 |
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National minimum wage: Low Pay Commission remit for 2011 report and Government response to the 2010 report. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out the terms of reference for the Low Pay Commission's 2011 report and to the Government's response to the recommendations contained in the Commission's 2010 report on the national minimum wage.
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| 10/1004 | 21-06-2010 |
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National minimum wage: policy on HM Revenue & Customs enforcement, prosecutions and naming employers who flout national minimum wage law. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Sets out how the scheme to name employers who flout national minimum wage (NMW) law will operate, and the criteria for naming employers that came into force on 1 January 2011. Also sets out the how the Government operates the civil and criminal enforcement of the NMW in the light of the changes introduced by the Employment Act 2008, which came into effect on 6 April 2009. The Department for Business is responsible for NMW policy, including the policy on compliance and enforcement. HM Revenue and Customs enforce the NMW on behalf of BIS.
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| 11/529 | 11-01-2011 |
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National minimum wage: worker checklist. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Checklist that defines a ‘worker’ who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
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| 11/1216 | 15-09-2011 |
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PAY AND WORK RIGHTS Not sure about your rights on pay, hours and deductions? You have a powerful friend. Poster. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
A3 poster advertising the Pay & Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.
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| 09/1256 | 01-10-2009 |
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Partial regulatory impact assessment: Proposal to introduce a system of fair piece rates for output workers, including homeworkers. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Estimates the costs and benefits of the proposal, outlined in the consultation National Minimum Wage: draft guidance on the proposal to introduce fair piece rates for output workers, including home workers (URN 04/508)
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| 04/575 | 12-01-2004 |
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NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE Service charges, tips, gratuities, and cover charges: a consultation. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Closed consultation. Consultation to review the treatment of service charges, tips, gratuities or cover charges and whether they should count towards the payment of the national minimum wage by the employer. Also looks at how to improve information and raise awareness for consumers about the treatment and distribution of tips in businesses. Includes a partial regulatory impact assessment. Consultation period ended 16 February 2009. See URN 09/934 for the Government response.
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| 08/1122 | 19-11-2008 |
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Statutory redundancy pay: calculation table. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Table to help employees calculate how much statutory redundancy pay they could be entitled to, based on their age and length of service.
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| 12/552 | 01-02-2012 |
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The code of best practice on service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges: what it means for you. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Information for workers on services charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges, and an overview of the related code of practice. See URN 09/1327 for the code and 10/672 for the overview for employers.
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| 10/752 | 25-02-2010 |
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NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE The national minimum wage. Government response to consultation on: service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Government response to consultation URN 08/1122 on the impact of regulatory change that excludes the use of tips in the payment of the national minimum wage by the employer, and how to improve information and raise awareness for consumers about what happens to their tips. Includes summaries of responses received and an impact assessment.
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| 09/934 | 06-05-2009 |
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The national minimum wage: a code of best practice on service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges [Hindi]. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Hindi language version of URN 09/1327. National minimum wage guidance for business in making clear information available to consumers on tips and service charges.
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| 09/1527 | 07-12-2009 |
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The national minimum wage: a code of best practice on service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges [Punjabi]. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Punjabi language version of URN 09/1327. National minimum wage guidance for business in making clear information available to consumers on tips and service charges.
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| 09/1528 | 07-12-2009 |
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The national minimum wage: a code of best practice on service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
National minimum wage guidance for business in making clear information available to consumers on tips and service charges.
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| 09/1327 | 30-09-2009 |
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The national minimum wage: First report of the Low Pay Commission [Cm 3976]. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Command Paper 3976. Report and recommendation of the Low Pay Commission on the introduction of a national minimum wage.
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| 98/1050 | 18-06-1998 |
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The national minimum wage: making a difference. Third report of the Low Pay Commission: report summary. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Summarises the continuing evaluation of the minimum wage contained in the Commission's third report and the reasons for the recommendations, including changes to the rates.
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| 01/959 | 01-07-2001 |
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The national minimum wage: the story so far. Second report of the Low Pay Commission: report summary. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
An evaluation of the immediate impact of the National Minimum Wage.
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| 00/596 | 29-02-2000 |
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The national minimum wage: the story so far: 2nd report of the Low Pay Commission [Cm 4571]. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Command Paper 4571. Initial assessment of the introduction of a national minimum wage.
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| 00/1204 | 15-02-2000 |
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PAY AND WORK RIGHTS Want to know more about your pay and work rights? You have a powerful friend [poster].
Double-sided poster that promotes and explains the scope of the pay and work rights helpline.
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| 10/694 | 23-02-2010 |
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PAY AND WORK RIGHTS Want to know more about your rights at work? You have a powerful friend. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Basic guidance on pay and work rights for workers, and signposts information available from the pay and work rights helpline and website. Covers the national minimum wage, working hours, and working for an agency, for gangmasters, and in agriculture.
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| 10/1166 | 01-10-2010 |
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Your customers want to know where their money goes. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Overview for employers of the code of best practice on service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges. See URN 09/1327 for the code and 10/752 for related information for workers.
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| 10/672 | 25-02-2010 |
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