Research and analysis

National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage: government evidence on enforcement and compliance, 2021

This report sets out a summary of government’s evidence and analysis on the enforcement of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 12 May 2022

Documents

National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage: government evidence on enforcement and compliance, 2021

PDF, 443 KB, 26 pages

Supplementary data for the 2020 to 2021 National Minimum Wage Enforcement and Compliance statistics report (Excel)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 3.43 MB

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Details

This report looks at the government’s evidence and analysis on the enforcement of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage. The evidence helps monitor, evaluate and review minimum wage enforcement and compliance. It also contains our response to the 2021 Low Pay Commission recommendations.

The evidence covers: 

• estimated non-compliance with the minimum wage
• routes to HMRC enforcement
• enforcement and compliance operations
• enforcement and compliance statistics

Published 12 May 2022