National Minimum Wage Act 1998
National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (1998 c. 39)
- National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (1998 c. 39)
- Entitlement to the national minimum wage
- 1 Workers to be paid at least the national minimum wage.
- Regulations relating to the national minimum wage
- 2 Determination of hourly rate of remuneration.
- 3 Exclusion of, and modifications for, certain classes of person.
- 4 Power to add to the persons to whom section 3 applies.
- The Low Pay Commission
- 5 The first regulations: referral to the Low Pay Commission.
- 6 Referral of matters to the Low Pay Commission at any time.
- 7 Referrals to, and reports of, the Low Pay Commission: supplementary.
- 8 The Low Pay Commission.
- Records
- 9 Duty of employers to keep records.
- 10 Worker’s right of access to records.
- 11 Failure of employer to allow access to records.
- 11A Extension of time limit to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings
- 12 Employer to provide worker with national minimum wage statement.
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- 13 Appointment of officers.
- 14 Powers of officers.
- Information
- 15 Information obtained by officers.
- 16 Information obtained by agricultural wages officers.
- 16A Disclosure of information by officers
- Enforcement
- 17 Non-compliance: worker entitled to additional remuneration.
- 18 Enforcement in the case of special classes of worker.
- 19 Notices of underpayment: arrears
- 19A Notices of underpayment: financial penalty
- 19B Suspension of financial penalty
- 19C Notices of underpayment: appeals
- 19D Non-compliance with notice of underpayment: recovery of arrears
- 19E Non-compliance with notice of underpayment: recovery of penalty
- 19F Withdrawal of notice of underpayment
- 19G Replacement notice of underpayment
- 19H Effect of replacement notice of underpayment
- 20 Non-compliance: power of officer to sue on behalf of worker.
- 21 Financial penalty for non-compliance.
- 22 Appeals against penalty notices.
- 22A Withdrawal of enforcement notice
- 22B Replacement of enforcement notice
- 22C Effect of replacement on penalties where section 22A(3) not applied
- 22D Effect of replacement on appeals and civil proceedings where section 22A(3) not applied
- 22E Withdrawal of penalty notice
- 22F Replacement of penalty notice with notice imposing lower penalty
- Rights not to suffer unfair dismissal or other detriment
- 23 The right not to suffer detriment.
- 24 Enforcement of the right.
- 25 Right of employee not to be unfairly dismissed: Great Britain.
- 26 Right of employee not to be unfairly dismissed: Northern Ireland.
- Civil procedure, evidence and appeals
- 27 Tribunal hearings etc by chairman alone.
- 28 Reversal of burden of proof.
- 29 Appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
- Conciliation
- 30 Conciliation.
- Offences
- 31 Offences.
- 32 Offences by bodies corporate etc.
- 33 Proceedings for offences.
- Special classes of person
- 34 Agency workers who are not otherwise “workers”.
- 35 Home workers who are not otherwise “workers”.
- 36 Crown employment.
- 37 Armed forces.
- 37A Cadet Force Adult Volunteers
- 38 House of Lords staff.
- 39 House of Commons staff.
- 40 Mariners.
- Extensions
- 41 Power to apply Act to individuals who are not otherwise “workers”.
- 42 Power to apply Act to offshore employment.
- Exclusions
- 43 Share fishermen.
- 44 Voluntary workers.
- 44A Religious and other communities: resident workers.
- 45 Prisoners.
- 45A Persons discharging fines by unpaid work
- 45B Immigration: detained persons
- Agricultural workers
- 46 Relationship of this Act and agricultural wages legislation.
- 47 Amendments relating to remuneration etc of agricultural workers.
- Miscellaneous
- 48 Application of Act to superior employers.
- 49 Restrictions on contracting out.
- 50 Publicity.
- Supplementary
- 51 Regulations and orders.
- 52 Expenses.
- 53 Repeals and revocations.
- 54 Meaning of “worker”, “employee” etc.
- 55 Interpretation.
- 56 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 The Low Pay Commission
- Membership
- Financial provisions
- Staff, facilities and money
- Proceedings
- Disqualification for House of Commons and Northern Ireland Assembly
- SCHEDULE 2 Amendments relating to remuneration etc of agricultural workers
- Part I The Agricultural Wages Act 1948
- Section 3
- Enforcement
- Section 4
- Section 5
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Information obtained by national minimum wage officers
- Section 17
- Relationship between the national minimum wage and agricultural wages legislation
- Part II The Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949
- Section 3
- Enforcement
- Section 4
- Section 5
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Information obtained by national minimum wage officers
- Section 17
- Relationship between national minimum wage and agricultural wages legislation
- Part III The Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977
- Article 2
- Relationship between the national minimum wage and agricultural wages legislation
- Article 4
- Article 6
- Enforcement
- Information obtained by national minimum wage officers
- SCHEDULE 3 Repeals and revocations
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