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DRAFT NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE REGULATIONS

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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction		Paragraph
	Purpose of this document	1-3
	The National Minimum Wage Act 1998	4-6
	The Report of the Low Pay Commission	7-9
	The draft Regulations	10-11
	Costs and benefits	12
	Next steps and timing	13
	Summary of issues on which views are being sought	14
Chapter 2: Citation, commencement, interpretation
	Citation and commencement (Regulation 1)	15
	Interpretation (Regulations 2 - 6)	16-18
	Meaning of time work, output work, non-hours work	19-21
	Additional provisions in respect of time work and output work	22-26
	Time spent training	27-28
	Accredited training	29-30
	Allowance	31-32
	Payments	33
Chapter 3: The NMW rate, exemptions and modifications
	Amendment of section 3 of the NMW Act (Regulation 7)	34-35
	The rate of the national minimum wage (Regulation 8)	36
	Workers who do not qualify or who qualify for a different rate (Regulation 9)
	Workers who have not attained the age of 18	37
	Workers on apprenticeships	38-40
	Workers who have attained the age of 18 but not the age of 22	41
	Workers aged 22 and above in a new job with a new employer undertaking accredited training	42-47
Chapter 4: Determining the pay reference period
	The pay reference period (Regulation 10)	48-54
Chapter 5: Determining whether the NMW has been paid
	Method of determining whether the NMW has been paid (Regulation 11)	55-60
Chapter 6: Determining the hours worked in a pay reference period
	The hours worked in a pay reference period
	"Time work" (Regulation 12)	61-64
	"Output work" (Regulations 13-15)	65-75
	"Non-hours work" (Regulations 16-18)	76-81
Chapter 7: Determining renumerations to be taken into account in a pay reference period
	General	82-86
	Payments by employer to worker to be taken into account (Regulation 19)	87-89
	Total of reductions to be subtracted (Regulation 20)	90-94
	Deductions by employer which do not count to NMW pay (Regulation 21)	95-97
	Exceptional deductions which do count to NMW pay (Regulation 22)	98
	Payments by the worker which do not count to NMW pay (Regulation 23)	99-100
	Exceptional payments by the worker which do count to NMW pay (Regulation 24)	101
	Deductions/payments in respect of living accommodation (Regulation 25)	102-103
Chapter 8: Written statement of the NMW
	Right of worker to written NMW statement (Regulation 26)	104-110
Chapter 9: Record keeping requirements
	Records to be kept by an employer (Regulations 27-30)	111-117
	General record-keeping requirement	118
	Requirement to keep detailed NMW records	119-121
	Threshold below which specific records must be kept	122-127
	Duration and means of record-keeping	128-130
Annexes
	Annex 1: Draft National Minimum Wage Regulations
	Annex 2: Questionnaire
	Annex 3: NMW Act - Delegated powers used in the Regulations
	Annex 4: Coverage of the NMW
	Annex 5: Regulatory Impact Assessment with following Appendices:
	A1: number of employees who stand to benefit
	A2: compliance costs for a typical business
	A3: estimated total compliance costs for business
	A4: consultation with small business: the "litmus test"
	A5: NMW enforcement mechanisms

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