ptember 2019 - 31 March 2020: Rosie’s NMW will be £3.90 per hour.
- 1 April 2020 - 31 August 2020: Rosie’s NMW will be £4.15 per hour as the NMW rates changed on 1 April 2020.
- 1 September 2020 - 31 March 2021: Rosie’s NMW will be £8.20 per hour as she has completed the first year of her apprenticeship. As she is aged over 19 she will be paid the NMW according to her age (on 1 September 2020, Rosie will be 21 years old).
Seamus started his three-year apprenticeship on 6 September 2017; he turned 17 on 8 May 2018. Seamus gets paid at the end of each calendar month and his NMW is as follows:
- 6 September 2017 - 31 March 2018: Seamus’s NMW rate was £3.50 per hour.
- 1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019: the NMW rate changed from 1 April 2018. Seamus’s NMW rate increased to £3.70 per hour. Even though Seamus completed his first year of his apprenticeship on 5 September 2018, he remained on the apprentice NMW rate as he was under 19 years old.
- 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2020: the NMW rate increased from 1 April 2019. Seamus’s NMW rate was £3.90 per hour.
- 1 April 2020 - 15 May 2020: the NMW increased to £4.15 per hour.
- 16 May 2020: Seamus’s NMW rate will change as he is now 19 and he has been on his apprenticeship for longer than one year. His new NMW rate is £6.45 per hour. The change will take effect from the beginning of the pay period after Seamus’s birthday and not from the actual date of his birthday.