As from 1st October 2008, the rate for the National Minimum Wage is now
             £5.73 an hour               over 21
             £4.77 an hour              18 - 21
             £3.53 an hour               16 - 17.
The accommodation offset, that is, the maximum that the employer can take from your pay before working out whether you are being paid the minimum […]

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The VWP has joined forces with the London Region of the Workers’ Education Association (WEA) to give workers the opportunity to learn English and, at the same time, know their rights at work by producing a course that embeds employment rights into ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). 
A different employment rights topic is used as […]

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The next meeting of the Vulnerable Workers Group will be held on Thursday, 21st August from 4.00pm to 6.00pm at Tower Hamlets Law Centre, 214 Whitechapel Road. The topic for the meeting will be ‘Making your Employment Rights work’.There are employment protection rights for many of the issues raised but workers have difficulties in enforcing […]

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A BBC video of the Vulnerable Workers Group in action helping workers to assert their rights is available - Watch the Stories of Vulnerable Workers.

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The August edition of the VWP Newsletter is now on-line. This month’s edition gives practical help on how to make a successful complaint to make sure your employer pays you your full wages.

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The VWP has produced information guides giving basic information on employment rights in Spanish, Portuguese and Somali as well as Polish and English.

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The Vulnerable Workers Project, together with Primus Personnel, is targeting the Polish press and media to make sure that Polish workers in the Building Services sector to make sure that they have information about their employment rights. Click here for our Employment Rights Information for Polish workers or go to For workers in cleaning, security and building services page on the […]

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VWP newsletter number 3 now available including latest news from VWP Group - go to Newsletter.

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