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<p>All adverts listed on Find a job meet the National Minimum Wage, with the exception
of a small number resulting from user error on the part of the employer.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>When entering details of their job advert into Find a job the employer
is presented with 2 options for stating the wages/salary. They can provide a minimum
and maximum rate of pay and select the period this applies to, for example hourly,
weekly or annually. Alternatively, they can confirm that the job will pay at least
the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p>The employer is also required to state whether
the job is full time (30 hours per week or more) or part time (less than 30 hours
per week). When full time is selected Find a job validates that the wages/salary on
offer meets National Minimum Wage. The advert cannot be posted until this condition
is met.</p><p> </p><p>When part time is selected the validation ensures that the hourly
rates entered meet or exceed National Minimum Wage and highlights to the employer
where this is not the case; the employer cannot proceed with the advert until this
condition is met. However, we know that on a small number of occasions the employer
then goes on to mistakenly select the incorrect period this wage applies to. This
can lead to adverts showing wages of, for example, £8.91 per year when clearly it
should be per hour. Additional manual checks are performed to identify and remove
such adverts.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, if a user finds any error with a job advert
– with the rate of pay or anything else - they can use the ‘report this job’ feature
and the DWP team will investigate and if appropriate remove the advert.</p><p> </p><p>There
is no separate process in place for reporting employers to HMRC’s Minimum Wage Complaint
Unit.</p><p> </p>
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