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Originally Posted by Ben
The minimum wage for 16-17 year olds is £3.30 per hour. On October 2007 this will increase to £3.40. No employer is allowed to set an hourly rate that is not within the National Minimum Wage. You'd have to check www.direct.gov.uk for accurate information regarding the National Minimum Wage Act, however.
Yeah it is. If you worked 40 hours a week at £3.30 you'd get a gross pay £528 per month and that isn't a lot indeed. |
Then again it does encourage you to go to college and Uni and do something constructive with your life.
I think the reason for such a low amount in my NMW Act is to encourage you not leave school at 16
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