National living wage question

wannaberich41

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong place.  After the announcement yesterday.  Will those who work in the nhs (gp practice) receive this please? 

Not sure if I’m reading this correctly or not but I’ve read it as only certain companies?
thank you in advance 

MovingForwards

Does your company pay NMW or real living wage? 

NMW has to be paid by all companies.

RLW is optional to be paid by any company.

Ath_Wat

The Real Living Wage is a long standing, independent organisation that recommends a lowest level of pay that people can survive on.  It has no authority whatsoever to make employers pay it, they only need to if they choose to.  That is the body that made the announcement yesterday. 

The National Living Wage is a renaming of the National Minimum Wage for those over 23.  It was renamed by the government in 2016 in the knowledge that it would confuse enough people into thinking they had actually brought in the Real Living Wage to win them some votes, especially in conjunction with their tame press who have done their best to increase the confusion and never explain it.  There has been no change in this.

wannaberich41

MovingForwards said:

Does your company pay NMW or real living wage? 

NMW has to be paid by all companies.

RLW is optional to be paid by any company.

We’re currently on the £9.50 rate.  How would I know if it’s minimum wage or living wage? 

I’m in my 40’s
many thanks 

wannaberich41

MovingForwards said:

Does your company pay NMW or real living wage? 

NMW has to be paid by all companies.

RLW is optional to be paid by any company.

We’re currently on the £9.50 rate.  How would I know if it’s minimum wage or living wage? 

I’m in my 40’s
many thanks 

74jax

wannaberich41 said:

MovingForwards said:

Does your company pay NMW or real living wage? 

NMW has to be paid by all companies.

RLW is optional to be paid by any company.

We’re currently on the £9.50 rate.  How would I know if it’s minimum wage or living wage? 

I’m in my 40’s
many thanks 

Google.

https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates 

Ath_Wat

wannaberich41 said:

MovingForwards said:

Does your company pay NMW or real living wage? 

NMW has to be paid by all companies.

RLW is optional to be paid by any company.

We’re currently on the £9.50 rate.  How would I know if it’s minimum wage or living wage? 

I’m in my 40’s
many thanks 

That's the government mandated National Living Wage.  The announcement made by the Real Living Wage Foundation has no bearing on it whatsoever.

The only way to know whether any company has pledged to match the Real Living Wage is to ask.  It looks like yours doesn't.    Plenty of companies pay as much or more than the Real Living Wage level without having made any commitment to stick to it when it changes, so the rate you are currently paid can be no more than an indicator.

gax1

I am self employed! Being self employed means the national minimum wage does not apply!
I can understand this as under normal circumstances a self employed  person completes an invoice per month/year
Taking care of costs per job and a healthy bottom line in profit per job.
However!
If a person such as I is self employed BUT has no input into costs profit or even the production of an invoice
Theoretically self employed in name only which saves the company I  work for paying HMRC bills but allowing themselves the opportunity to dictate your final company generated invoice payment for the month.
By the way the company I work for insists on a person registering as self employed prior to any work carried out for them.
Cute aren't they!
My question is if my payment per month
Does not meet the minimum wage after I've paid costs of servicing my contract can I take issue with the company?

Savvy_Sue

gax1 said:

My question is if my payment per month
Does not meet the minimum wage after I've paid costs of servicing my contract can I take issue with the company?

Of course you can, BUT do you want to carry on working for them? Because of course there's no obligation on either side.

You could also look into reporting them to HMRC because it does sound very like an attempt to avoid the responsibility of employment. 

gax1

Thanks sue.
I've often questioned why I  remain working for them. Truth is I'm getting on in years but remain active. Work being hard to find these days. I had intended to work only 3-4 days a week but have been 6 days for some time now.
I've built a good relationship between myself and my customers and now feel obliged to turn out each day to give them a reliable service.