The minimum wage and the national living wage are increasing next week.
Both wages go up each year in line with inflation, meaning workers will see their pay packets receive a boost on Monday, April 1.
The hourly rate for the minimum wage depends on your age and whether you’re an apprentice.
Workers must be at least school leaving age (turning 16 by the last Friday in June) to qualify for the minimum wage, while those over 25 receive the national living wage.
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The national living wage is set to rise by 38p on Monday to £8.21 for workers over 25.
People aged between 21 and 24 will receive a 32p increase to their hourly wage - up to £7.70 - while those between 18 and 20 will get 25p extra an hour to £6.15.
Meanwhile, those under 18 will receive a 15p increase to £4.35 an hour, while apprentices will get 20p more - up to £3.90 an hour.
Apprentices are entitled to the apprentice rate if they’re under 19, or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship.
This is why the amount you take home in your pay packet might be less from next month
Who gets the minimum wage?
Workers are entitled to the correct minimum wage if they are:
Part-time
Casual labourers (for example, someone hired for one day)
Agency workers
Workers and homeworkers paid by the number of items they make
Apprentices
Trainees, workers on probation
Disabled workers
Agricultural workers
Foreign workers
Seafarers
Offshore workers
Who isn’t entitled to the minimum wage?
Self-employed people running their own business
Company directors
Volunteers or voluntary workers
Workers on a government employment programme, such as the Work Programme
Members of the armed forces
Family members of the employer living in the employer’s home
Non-family members living in the employer’s home who share in the work and leisure activities, are treated as one of the family and are not charged for meals or accommodation, for example au pairs
Workers younger than school leaving age (usually 16)
Higher and further education students on a work placement up to one year
Workers on government pre-apprenticeships schemes
People on the following European Union programmes: Leonardo da Vinci, Youth in Action, Erasmus, Comenius
People working on a Jobcentre Plus Work trial for six weeks
Share fishermen
Prisoners
People living and working in a religious community
