The Treasury has announced that the National Living Wage will increase next April to £9.50 per hour. This represents a 6.6% increase. These new rates will be effective from 1 April 2022.
From April 2022, minimum pay rates will increase as below.
- NLW (workers aged 23+) — from £8.91 to £9.50 per hour.
- NMW rates:
- workers aged 21–22 — from £8.36 to £9.18 per hour
- workers aged 18–20 — from £6.56 to £6.83 per hour
- workers aged 16–17 — from £4.62 to £4.81 per hour
- apprentice rate — from £4.30 to £4.81 per hour.
