The recently announced changes to the National Minimum Wage will come into effect from 1 October 2012.

The new National Minimum Wage rates are as follows:
Standard adult: £6.19
Development: £4.98
Young worker: £3.68
Apprenticeship: £2.65
Accommodation offset limit (maximum daily deduction from NMW): £4.82
These rates will apply until at least 30 September 2013.