National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015, regulation 59(8): minimum wage records kept six years (SI 2015/621, reg. 59(8))
Records that show workers were paid at least the minimum wage are kept for six years (the period was raised to six in April 2021, which the bracketed F1 marks).
Dated 31 Oct 2026Source checked 31 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“The records required to be kept by this regulation must be kept by the employer for a period of [F1 six years] beginning with the day upon which the pay reference period immediately following that to which they relate ends.”
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