The Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024

The national minimum wage equivalent

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14.—(1) The hourly rate for the purposes of the national minimum wage equivalent is—

(a)£11.44 for a seafarer who is aged 21 years or over;

(b)£8.60 for a seafarer who is aged 18 years or over (but is not yet aged 21 years);

(c)£6.40 for a seafarer who is aged under 18 years;

(d)£6.40 for a seafarer to whom the apprenticeship rate applies, as determined in accordance with regulation 16 (determining whether the apprenticeship rate applies).

(2) If the rate in paragraph (1)(d) applies to a seafarer, the rates in paragraph (1)(a) to (c) of this regulation do not apply to that seafarer.