A number of employment law changes have taken effect from last week.
The minimum wage increased and the Agency Workers Regulations took effect from saturday.
The new minimum wage rates in the UK will be as follows:
* £6.08 an hour for workers aged 21 and above
* £4.98 an hour for workers aged 18-20
* £3.68 an hour for workers aged below 18 who are no longer of compulsory school age
In addition businesses will have to pay at least £2.60 an hour to apprentices who are:
* under the age of 19
* aged 19 or over and in the first 12 months of their apprenticeship
The agricultural minimum wage will also go up within specific grades.
Agency workers who work in the same role with the same hirer for 12 continuous calendar weeks will be entitled to the same basic employment and working conditions as employees in comparable roles. The new rules apply to temporary assignments starting on or after 1 October 2011.
Pamela Flores is an events professional with experience at Symposium Events, a UK-based conference and events organization. She has worked in editorial and event coordination roles within the HR and expatriate management sector, contributing to the organization of major conferences including the Expatriate Management and Global Mobility conference. Her background spans online editorial work and events management within the professional conference industry.
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