{"id":686180,"date":"2022-11-17T16:02:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=686180"},"modified":"2022-11-17T16:02:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:02:56","slug":"minimum-wage-increasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/minimum-wage-increasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Wage Increasing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The National Living Wage, also known as Minimum Wage,\u00a0 has been said to be increasing on the 1st April 2023. This has been said to increase from \u00a39.50 an hour to \u00a310.42 an hour!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UK legal minimum wage for workers aged 23 or over is set to change, even for apprentices and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The minimum wage goes up in April every year, boosting the pay of about two million people.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_686200\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-686200\" class=\"wp-image-686200 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_1588829407.jpg\" alt=\"Minimum wage\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_1588829407.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_1588829407-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_1588829407-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-686200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: <a class=\"mui-19sk0fy-a-underline-inherit-linkContainer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/apops\">Andrey_Popov<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The increase in the minimum wage for over-23s will be 9.7% to help them cope with rising prices.<\/p>\n<p>The rising prices are continuing to happen therefore this will help those who will struggle to live in a house with kids at the moment!<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">From 1 April 2023, the rates will change:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>National Living Wage for over-23s: \u00a39.50 to \u00a310.42 an hour<\/li>\n<li>National Minimum Wage for those aged 21-22: \u00a39.18 to \u00a310.18<\/li>\n<li>National Minimum Wage for 18 to 20-year-olds: \u00a36.83 to \u00a37.49<\/li>\n<li>National Minimum Wage for under-18s: \u00a34.81 to \u00a35.28<\/li>\n<li>The Apprentice rate: \u00a34.81 to \u00a35.28<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more Latest news, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>For the Five Minutes Spare YouTube Channel, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4AiJQSc8lzf_b9VCWjSXLA\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Banner and Image Credit: <a class=\"mui-19sk0fy-a-underline-inherit-linkContainer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/apops\">Andrey_Popov<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Living Wage, also known as Minimum Wage,\u00a0 has been said to be increasing on the 1st April 2023. This has been said to increase from \u00a39.50 an hour to \u00a310.42 an hour!\u00a0 The UK legal minimum wage for workers aged 23 or over is set to change, even for apprentices and more. 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