Apprentice wages - is this legal?

[dazm]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 06 January 2011 at 19:21

[Loaded1me]

Law of the land. No one can be paid less than minimum wage regardless if it's apprentice or anything else. If she's not getting paid then she has the right to complain.

HTH.

[Deva Link]

Loaded1me said:

Law of the land. No one can be paid less than minimum wage regardless if it's apprentice or anything else. If she's not getting paid then she has the right to complain.

HTH.

Rubbish.

[singlecoil]

Deva Link said:

Loaded1me said:

Law of the land. No one can be paid less than minimum wage regardless if it's apprentice or anything else. If she's not getting paid then she has the right to complain.

HTH.

Rubbish.

It's customary to explain why a post is rubbish, and to offer an alternative.

[Engineer1]

CAB said:

Apprentices

Apprentices do not qualify for the national minimum wage if they:

* are aged 18 or under, or
* are aged 19 or over and are in the first year of their apprenticeship.

However, these apprentices are entitled to earn an amount of no less than £95 a week. This does not apply if you live in Northern Ireland.

Once you have worked as an apprentice for a year, if you have reached the age of 19 and are still working for the same employer, you will be entitled to the normal minimum wage for your age.

So worst case they should be paying £95 a week but other sites seem to make this an optional gentlemans agreement type of thing.

[Deva Link]

singlecoil said:

Deva Link said:

Loaded1me said:

Law of the land. No one can be paid less than minimum wage regardless if it's apprentice or anything else. If she's not getting paid then she has the right to complain.

HTH.

Rubbish.

It's customary to explain why a post is rubbish, and to offer an alternative.

2 seconds of Googling would provide the necessary information.

I hate it when people post the wrong information with such utter confidence.

[Loaded1me]

I won't be so abrupt as you as I have a brain cell. I happen to work with this sort of thing every day, it's part of my job. I know what I'm talking about. A quick Google you say prove it oh great keyboard warrior.

Deva Link said:

Loaded1me said:

Law of the land. No one can be paid less than minimum wage regardless if it's apprentice or anything else. If she's not getting paid then she has the right to complain.

HTH.

Rubbish.

[don4l]

Deva Link said:

singlecoil said:

Deva Link said:

Loaded1me said:

Law of the land. No one can be paid less than minimum wage regardless if it's apprentice or anything else. If she's not getting paid then she has the right to complain.

HTH.

Rubbish.

It's customary to explain why a post is rubbish, and to offer an alternative.

2 seconds of Googling would provide the necessary information.

I hate it when people post the wrong information with such utter confidence.

You do like to make a real contribution, don't you?


Don
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[GSP]

Loaded1me said:

I won't be so abrupt as you as I have a brain cell. I happen to work with this sort of thing every day, it's part of my job. I know what I'm talking about. A quick Google you say prove it oh great keyboard warrior.

Deva Link said:

Loaded1me said:

Law of the land. No one can be paid less than minimum wage regardless if it's apprentice or anything else. If she's not getting paid then she has the right to complain.

HTH.

Rubbish.

You clearly need to find yourself a new job, or at least read up on what is actually right so you can give the right advice in you job.

The CAB quote below is off their website. I have had a lot of people from the like of Toni&Guy and trainee mechanics asking if it was legal. Sadly it is.

The company is investing in their training for the future, they should be grateful.

Engineer1 said:

CAB said:

Apprentices

Apprentices do not qualify for the national minimum wage if they:

* are aged 18 or under, or
* are aged 19 or over and are in the first year of their apprenticeship.

However, these apprentices are entitled to earn an amount of no less than £95 a week. This does not apply if you live in Northern Ireland.

Once you have worked as an apprentice for a year, if you have reached the age of 19 and are still working for the same employer, you will be entitled to the normal minimum wage for your age.

So worst case they should be paying £95 a week but other sites seem to make this an optional gentlemans agreement type of thing.

[LeightonBuzzard]

I'm not saying this with any confidence -

but what i understand is that an apprentice can be paid as little as 99p an hour. When i turned 19 and had worked for my company for over a year my wages when up but not enough to match the minimum wage can i claim for this money?
Also i have been unfairly dismissed from the company(see another post), could i claim this money from my previous wages?

Cheers Tom