The National Minimum Wage (NMW) increased from 1 October 2008 as follows:
* £5.73 per hour for workers aged 22 years and older
* A development rate of £4.77 per hour for workers aged 18-21 inclusive
* £3.53 per hour for all workers under the age of 18, who are no longer of compulsory school age (a person is no longer of compulsory school age after the last Friday of June of the school year in which their 16th birthday occurs)