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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-07-08more like thismore than 2015-07-08
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Unpaid Work remove filter
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) whether they will list the categories of employed people who are not remunerated, including Ministers, who are exempted from the provisions of the minimum wage legislation, and (2) whether unpaid Ministers will qualify for the proposed living wage. more like this
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Lord Jopling more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-07-22more like thismore than 2015-07-22
answer text <p>Certain exemptions to qualification to the National Minimum Wage apply through Part 6 (Exclusions) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015[1]. The noble Lord will find a list of those exempted from the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 on the Gov.uk webpage <a href="https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage/who-gets-the-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage/who-gets-the-minimum-wage</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers are generally classified as ‘office holders’ who are neither workers nor employees, except where the individual also holds an employment contract with the same company or organisation that meets the criteria for <a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-status/employee" target="_blank">employees</a>. Where a Minister meets this criteria and is classed as a worker under the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-status/worker" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/employment-status/worker</a>), they will be entitled to the National Minimum Wage and the new National Living Wage once implemented in April 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127964/pdfs/ukdsi_9780111127964_en.pdf</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
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file name National minimum wage.PDF.docx more like this
title National Minimum Wage more like this
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file name Employment status.pdf.docx more like this
title Employment Status more like this
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less than 2015-07-22T16:35:41.953Zmore like thismore than 2015-07-22T16:35:41.953Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Jopling more like this