New National Minimum Wage rates from 1 October 2008

The rates from 1 October 2008 is:
adults (which means people aged 22 and over), £5.73 an hour
workers aged 18-21, £4.77 an hour - the 'development rate'
young people (those older than school leaving age and younger than 18; you're under school leaving age until the end of summer term of the school year in which you turn 16), £3.53 an hour
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