The Government has announced new National Minimum Wage rates that will apply from 1 October 2009.
For workers aged 22 and over, the rate will increase from £5.73 to £5.80 an hour. The rate for 18- to 21-year-olds will rise from £4.77 to £4.83 and for 16- and 17-year-olds the rate will increase from £3.53 an hour to £3.57.
The accommodation offset will rise from £4.46 per day to £4.51 from 1 October 2009.
