SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9Work: exceptions
Part 2Exceptions relating to age
The national minimum wage: young workers
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1
It is not an age contravention for a person to pay a young worker (A) at a lower rate than that at which the person pays an older worker (B) if—
a
the hourly rate for the national minimum wage for a person of A's age is lower than that for a person of B's age, and
b
the rate at which A is paid is below the single hourly rate.
2
A young worker is a person who qualifies for the national minimum wage at a lower rate than the single hourly rate; and an older worker is a person who qualifies for the national minimum wage at a higher rate than that at which the young worker qualifies for it.
3
The single hourly rate is the rate prescribed under section 1(3) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.