Am i being taken for a ride?

[Snappy]

What is the minimum wage for my age? I'm 19 and i get �3.80 an hour, i thought it was supposed to be �4.20 for my age group. Also my boss asked me to work 9 til 6 instead of my usual 1 til 6 but only get paid for my usual hours! Can she do this??!!

[flashpig]

'fraid so. You are working for one of the employers who do pay you the absolute minimum. The minimum will go up to �4.10 in October though. There is a higher band which you will get into at the age of 22. http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/nmw/

[flashpig]

Woah! I didn't read the 'Also' bit. Now that doesn't seem fair.

[Sylday]

The National Minimum Wage is an hourly rate, so you shouldn't get paid the same for 9 hours as for 5. If you work 9 'til 6 (assuming an hour break), you should get at least �3.80 x 8 = �30.40 per day. The DTI webpage provided by flashpig tells you what to do if you consider you're being underpaid.

[WoWo]

No she cannot ask you to work for no money, as your getting minimum wage leave and get another job.

[cheyenne]

report these people to the job centre,they should be able to get you back pay.then tell these people where they can stick their job??

[Oneeyedvic]

When you say that she will pay you your "usual hours" do you mean the hourly wage and not overtime or she will pay you for 5 hours work but have to do 9 hours work?

[Snappy]

i mean only pay for 5hours!

[saffstar]

As others have said, go to the dti website. Your employer has to pay you a minimum hourly rate by law and there are teams in several government departments set up to make sure that she does. Good luck getting it sorted Snappy

[Oneeyedvic]

I agree - report the bad boss - immoral and illegal