Minimum wage for a professional footballer

[Window Cleaner]

90£ a week apparently.Only covers time spent at the training ground.

Who would have thought that.

[1976_Child]

There are different levels of NMW, depending on your age and whether you are an apprentice. The current rates (from 1 October 2011) are:

 

£6.08 - the main rate for workers aged 21 and over

£4.98 - the 18-20 rate

£3.68 - the 16-17 rate for workers above school leaving age but under 18

£2.60 - the apprentice rate, for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship

 

If you are of compulsory school age you are not entitled to the NMW. Some of your other employment rights are also different.

 

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/TheNationalMinimumWage/DG_10027201

 

whether you kick a football around a park, do the bins or work in an investment bank. The Law of the Land is very clear on this.

[Window Cleaner]

There are different levels of NMW, depending on your age and whether you are an apprentice. The current rates (from 1 October 2011) are:

 

£6.08 - the main rate for workers aged 21 and over

£4.98 - the 18-20 rate

£3.68 - the 16-17 rate for workers above school leaving age but under 18

£2.60 - the apprentice rate, for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship

 

If you are of compulsory school age you are not entitled to the NMW. Some of your other employment rights are also different.

 

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/TheNationalMinimumWage/DG_10027201

 

whether you kick a football around a park, do the bins or work in an investment bank. The Law of the Land is very clear on this.

 

http://www.football-league.co.uk/regulations/20110629/section-6-players_2293633_2125731

Article 61.1

 

Clubs can give bonus weighted contracts that only count the time spent on the training ground guaranteed at NMW levels,with a minimum of £90/week.

[buctootim]

Saw this today. A lot is wrong with stratospheric wages paid to PL players - but a PL club paying employees less than the minimum wage just brings it into focus. Personally I couldnt run a business that pandered to every whim of one group earning c£50,000pw whilst making a minimum wage group pay for their uniforms.

 

"HMRC said this week that more than £4.6m had been paid out to 22,000 people, including staff at a Premier League club, who had been paid less than the minimum wage. The football club, which HMRC did not name, made staff pay for their uniforms and also made deductions for travelling time, had to pay arrears of more than £27,500 to 3,000 workers".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27751722