The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

   1. 1. Citation and commencement.

3. Interpretation

   1. 2. General interpretative provisions.

   2. 3. The meaning of time work.

   3. 4. The meaning of salaried hours work.

   4. 5. The meaning of output work.

   5. 6. The meaning of unmeasured work.

   6. 7. Travelling.

   7. 8. The meaning of payments.

   8. 9. Benefits in kind not to count as payments.

   9. 10. The pay reference period.

4. PART II THE RATE OF THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

   1. The rate and exclusions

      1. 11. The rate of the national minimum wage.

      2. 12. Workers who do not qualify for the national minimum wage.

      3. 13. Workers who qualify for the national minimum wage at a different rate.

   2. Calculation of the hourly rate

      1. 14. Method of determining whether the national minimum wage has been paid.

5. PART III WORKING TIME FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

   1. Provisions in relation to working time

      1. 15. Provisions in relation to time work.

      2. 16. Provisions in relation to salaried hours work.

      3. 17. Provisions in relation to output work.

      4. 18. Provisions in relation to unmeasured work.

      5. 19. Time spent on training to be time work.

   2. The hours worked in a pay reference period

      1. 20. Time work.

      2. 21. Salaried hours work.

      3. 22. Determining the hours of salaried hours work where the basic hours have been exceeded.

      4. 23. Determining the hours of salaried hours work in certain cases where the employment terminates.

      5. 24. Output work.

      6. 25. “Fair estimate” agreements for output work.

      7. 26. Determining the hours of output work where there is a “fair estimate” agreement.

      8. 27. Unmeasured work.

      9. 28. “Daily average” agreements for unmeasured work.

      10. 29. Determining the hours of unmeasured work where there is a “daily average” agreement.

6. PART IV REMUNERATION COUNTING TOWARDS THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

   1. 30. Payments to the worker to be taken into account.

   2. 31. Reductions from payments to be taken into account.

   3. 32. Deductions to be subtracted under regulation 31(1)(g).

   4. 33. Deductions not to be subtracted under regulation 31(1)(g).

   5. 34. Payments made by or due from a worker to be subtracted under regulation 31(1)(h).

   6. 35. Payments not to be subtracted under regulation 31(1)(h).

   7. 36. Amount permitted to be taken into account where living accommodation is provided.

   8. 37. Adjusted deductions and payments in respect of living accommodation.

7. PART V RECORDS

   1. 38. Records to be kept by an employer.

8. Signature

9. Explanatory Note