Sentence examples for nmw from inspiring English sources

[In a submission to the Low Pay Commissioner earlier this year (pdf), Unison said that it wanted the national minimum wage (NMW) to rise "substantially" in 2013 and that after that it wanted the NMW to move "in stages" to the living wage level. But it did not set a timetable for this.] A: The manifesto has got to have a commitment to achieve the living wage.

Unless he really is a volunteer, your son is probably entitled to be paid the national minimum wage (NMW).

It can be a problem deciding who is a worker and who isn't, but calling someone an "unpaid worker", "intern" or a "volunteer" isn't enough to prevent them from qualifying for the NMW.

A good internship will be a structured placement in a company that is paid at the national minimum wage (NMW) or above.

1.1% of all jobs in the UK were paid less than the national minimum wage (NMW).

This is more than the NMW rate for under-18s (£3 an hour) and perfectly legal.

First, Ed Miliband's Labour party started to make a big increase in the NMW, to £8 by 2020, a key plank of the 2015 election manifesto.

This would involve retaining the Low Pay Commission and its focus on labour market effects of the NMW, but requiring it to move in steps towards the living wage unless clear evidence of harm was emerging.

Jeni Morris, a former HMRC minimum wage investigator and founder of a consultancy firm NMW Direct, said: "The current investigation into Sports Direct will definitely include all the shops, as the retail sector are amongst the most non-compliant of businesses with regard to national minimum wage and national living wage issues.

The best approach, he says, is often to submit two bids – one at NMW, one at LW, with a covering letter explaining the benefits of the latter if chosen.

A HMRC spokesperson said: "While we don't discuss individual cases, we always investigate businesses where we believe the national minimum wage [NMW] is not being paid.