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15/01/2015
Govt Name Employers Not Paying Minimum Wage
The Business Minister Jo Swinson has produced a list of 37 UK employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage.
More than £170,000 is owed to workers at a range of companies, which includes H&M and Welcome Break, the service stations operator.
Minister Swinson said:"Paying less than the minimum wage is illegal, immoral and completely unacceptable. If employers break this law they need to know that we will take tough action by naming, shaming and fining them as well as helping workers recover the hundreds of thousands of pounds in pay owed to them.
"We are also looking at what more we can do to make sure workers are paid fairly in the first place. As well as being publicly named and shamed, employers that fail to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage face penalties of up to £20,000. We are legislating through the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill so that this penalty can be applied to each underpaid worker rather than per employer."
The full list of employers can be read here.
(MH/CD)
More than £170,000 is owed to workers at a range of companies, which includes H&M and Welcome Break, the service stations operator.
Minister Swinson said:"Paying less than the minimum wage is illegal, immoral and completely unacceptable. If employers break this law they need to know that we will take tough action by naming, shaming and fining them as well as helping workers recover the hundreds of thousands of pounds in pay owed to them.
"We are also looking at what more we can do to make sure workers are paid fairly in the first place. As well as being publicly named and shamed, employers that fail to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage face penalties of up to £20,000. We are legislating through the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill so that this penalty can be applied to each underpaid worker rather than per employer."
The full list of employers can be read here.
(MH/CD)
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