The National Minimum Wage is increasing from 1st October 2008
The new rates will be:
Adults (which means people aged 22 and over), £5.73 an hour
Workers aged 18-21, £4.77 an hour - the 'development rate'
Young people (those older than school leaving age and younger than 18;
you're under school leaving age until the end of summer term of the school year in which you turn 16), £3.53 an hour
