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From 1 October 2013 the National Minimum Wage is increasing. The new rates are as follows:

• Main rate for workers aged 21 and over increases to £6.31 per hour.

• Development rate for workers aged 18 - 20, inclusive, increases to £5.03 per hour.

• Special rate for workers aged 16 and 17 increases to £3.72 per hour.

• Special rate for apprentices aged below 19, or in their first 12 months of apprenticeship: £2.68 per hour

Please be aware that the following are exempt from the National Minimum Wage regulations:

• The genuinely self employed.

• Genuine volunteers.

• Students doing work as part of their undergraduate or post-graduate course.

• Certain training schemes.