Chambers is pleased to announce that Kirsty Gallacher has joined Chambers from East Anglian Chambers having successfully completed her pupillage. Kirsty will be working in the following areas: Crime, Civil and Family. We wish her a happy and successful future.
This minimum is not under the auspices of the national minimum wage legislation, from which apprentices under the age of 19 or in their first year are exempt, but instead is a contractual rate between employers and the Learning & Skills Council. The government has however amended the Low Pay Commission's terms of reference to consider the future of the exemption, bearing in mind that by the time the school leaving age is raised to 18 in 2013 it is intended there will be around 500,000 apprentices in the UK.
Written by Joseph Neville, Barrister at New Walk Chambers, specialising in Employment law.
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