biggest upgrade to workers\u2019 rights <\/a>and enforcement for a generation through its Plan to Make Work Pay. The plan is set to benefit half of UK workers.<\/p>\nFurther information on Gov.uk says that from April 2026 the Employment Rights Bill will also establish a new Fair Work Agency with more powers to tackle employers underpaying workers and failing to pay holiday and sick pay.<\/p>\n
If workers suspect they are being underpaid, they can visit gov.uk\/checkyourpay to find out more about what they can do. The minimum wage law applies to all parts of the UK.<\/p>\n
The National Living and Minimum Wage rate for those 21 and over in 2024 was \u00a311.44 and in 2025 is \u00a312.21. People aged 18 to 20, it is \u00a38.60 and \u00a310. Anyone aged under 18 it was \u00a36.40 and is now \u00a37.55, for those doing an apprentice the 2024 rate was \u00a36.40 and is now \u00a37.55.<\/p>\n
Merseyside companies fined:<\/p>\n
\n- Makeupstore Ltd, Liverpool, L19, failed to pay \u00a32,227.11 to 1 worker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Mr William Knox, Liverpool, L13, failed to pay \u00a3758.16 to 7 workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Ah Choi Limited, Liverpool, L1, failed to pay \u00a3616.28 to 3 workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Holly\u2019s Mini Mart Ltd, Liverpool, L6, failed to pay \u00a3541.86 to 4 workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Small Steps Day Nursery (Wirral) Ltd, Wirral, CH48, failed to pay \u00a34,360.64 to 33 workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Steelforce Security Uk Ltd, Birkenhead, CH41, failed to pay \u00a37,379.91 to 12 workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- The Contact Company Ltd, Birkenhead, CH41, failed to pay \u00a32,809.04 to 111 workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Universal Rides Limited, Southport, PR8, failed to pay \u00a33,422.69 to 133 workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The full list of companies across the UK that have received fines can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Living and Minimum Wage rate changed for millions in 2025 07:51, 17 Oct 2025Updated 07:56, 17…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,12459,16,15,8881,961],"class_list":{"0":"post-506287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-sefton","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wirral","16":"tag-your-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115388425920937419","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The National Living and Minimum Wage rate changed for millions in 2025\u00a0(Image: PA)<\/p>\n