23/10/2015

Employers 'Named And Shamed' For Failure To Pay National Minimum Wage

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (DBIS) has issued a list of more than 100 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage.

Business Minister Nick Boles published the list in a "name and shame" operation against 115 company, who owe a total of £389,000 to its employees.

Business Minister Nick Boles said: "Employers that fail to pay the minimum wage hurt the living standards of the lowest paid and their families.

"As a one nation government on the side of working people we are determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage receives it.

"Next April we will introduce a new National Living Wage which will mean a £900-a-year pay rise for someone working full time on the minimum wage and we will enforce this equally robustly."

The list, topped by high street chain Monsoon, which owes £104,507.83 to 1438 workers, can be read on the DBIS website.

(MH/CD)

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