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He has one member living in a broken down roof caravan. Student. For £20 per week a stabling her hourse. Is there anything these kids can do .. its just outside brecon in powys I know the girls who are working there. Do they have any legal rights to more pay?

2007-01-28 15:14:35 · 5 answers · asked by Chrisey 4 in Business & Finance Careers & Employment

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im presuming they are over 16.
if so, then yes. The amount he is paying them is illegal. ask the girls to tell him "what you are paying us is illegal, and is below the minimum wage. i demand that you rise our pay to atleast that of the minimum wage, or we will report you" and, if he refuses- reort him! im not sure who to, but id say try the police and try trading standards , or go one better and send the complaint form off tyo the authorities. Maybe its better for them to get another job?

Below is the HM Revenue Customs page on the Minimum wage (link is beow)

Who can get the minimum wage?
Most adult workers who:

Are working legally in the UK
Are not genuinely self-employed
Have a written, oral or implied contract




Apprentices
From pay reference periods starting on or after 1 October 2006 the special rules for apprentices will be extended to apprentices aged over 25. This will mean that:

Apprentices under age 19 will not qualify for the national minimum wage
Apprentices over age 19 and in the first 12 months of their apprenticeship will not qualify for the national minimum wage.
What are the current rates of the national minimum wage?
There are three levels of minimum wage, and the rates from 1st October 2006 are:

£5.35 per hour for workers aged 22 years and older
A development rate of £4.45 per hour for workers aged 18-21 inclusive
£3.30 per hour for all workers under the age of 18, who are no longer of compulsory school age.
Development Rate
The development rate for workers age 22 and over was abolished for pay reference periods starting on or after 1 October 2006. From that date, all workers aged 22 and over who qualify for the national minimum wage will be entitled to the main rate of national minimum wage. This applies even where the worker was previously in receipt of the development rate for those aged 22 and over and had been receiving that rate for less than 6 months.

Compulsory School Age
In England and Wales: a person is no longer of compulsory school age after the last Friday of June of the school year in which their 16th birthday occurs.

In Scotland: pupils whose 16th birthday falls between 1 March and 30 September may not leave before the 31 May of that year. Pupils aged 16 on or between 1 October and the last day of February may not leave until the start of the Christmas holidays in that school year.

In Northern Ireland: a person is no longer of compulsory school age after the 30th June of the school year in which their 16th birthday occurs.

Accommodation Offset
The daily rate of the accommodation offset is £4.15 (£29.05) per week) for each day that accommodation is provided.

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What is HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) involvement with the national minimum wage?
The role of HMRC is to enforce the national minimum wage. We do that by responding to complaints made about employers suspected of not paying the minimum wage, and by visiting a sample of employers about whom no complaints have been made, to check that all employers meet their obligations under the National Minimum Wage Act.

How does HM Revenue and Customs enforce the law?
There are two key aspects to our approach to enforcement:

A telephone helpline
A network of 16 teams of national minimum wage Compliance Officers.
What can I do if I want to make a complaint about an employer not paying the minimum wage?
There are a number of ways in which you can make a complaint about the non-payment of the minimum wage:

You can download a complaint form (PDF 219K) and post this to the address on the form
You can also call the helpline if you want to make a complaint about an employer who you suspect is not paying the minimum wage.
You can complete an online complaint form and send this to us from this web site.

Useful Links
Direct.gov
ACAS
The DTI’s national minimum wage pages
The NMW Orderline
The NMW Helpline

2007-01-28 15:25:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

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2016-10-16 06:00:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It all depends. Obviously they are entitled to the minimum wage if they are officially in his employment but if he's hiring these people " OFF THE BOOKS " and paying cash in hand then no. Also if they are there as part of a training scheme or one of the other "marvellous" govt inventions to get people off the unemployment register they may be being exploited totally legally. They should really visit the citizens advice, as we don't know the exact situation regarding their employment.

2007-01-28 15:26:12 · answer #3 · answered by pol_douglas 2 · 2 0

Contact HMRC it's against the law!!! And they could get the minimum wage backdated. Go to the website and that should tell you how much the minimum wage is for their age.

2007-01-29 09:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by Dimples 4 · 1 0

£2 is way below minimum wage and his staff are daft for putting up with it. Phone citizens advice and find out who you can report him to.

2007-01-28 20:26:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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