The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to abolish the minimum wage requirement for trainee solicitors in favour of the national minimum wage of £6.08 per hour.

The change, which was voted in today (16 May) by the SRA board, will come into effect from 1 August 2014. After that date, employers will only be required to pay trainees the main rate for employees under the national minimum wage regulations.