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Minimum wage checker
Check one pay period against the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage for the person's age, counting all the time worked and anything that reduces pay. For workers checking their pay and employers checking before HMRC does.
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Whose pay are you checking?
Are you an apprentice?
How often is the pay?Check one pay period at a time, as it appears on the payslip.
Basic pay, plus any bonus or commission for this period. Leave out tips, the extra part of overtime or shift rates, expenses and benefits. If any pay is swapped for a benefit (salary sacrifice), use the figure before the swap.
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For a salary of 37.5 hours a week, a month is about 162.5 hours.
Time that counts as work but isn't paid: staying late, opening or closing up, training, travelling between jobs or clients, trial shifts, waiting at work for tasks. Not breaks or the commute to your usual workplace.
Any salary sacrifice, costs paid for the job, or accommodation from the employer?These can take pay below the minimum even when the hourly rate looks fine.
For an estimate of the arrears. Claims to HMRC can go back up to 6 years.
Minimum wage checkEnter the date of birth, the pay period, the pay and the hours. Covers pay periods from 1 April 2020.
Know when the rates change
Caps, rates and thresholds change each April. One email a year, with what's different and which calculators it affects.
Important
An estimate based on what you enter and the National Minimum Wage rules for the UK. It doesn't cover output or piece work, sleep-in shifts or every type of deduction. General guidance, not legal or financial advice. If you're unsure, speak to Acas or HMRC.