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Government 'name and shame' minimum wage dodgers

Employers who failed to pay their staff the national minimum wage have been "named and shamed" by the Government as part of a new crackdown. A total of 25 employers were named, including a hire company, a hairdressers, a hotel and a retail outlet.

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TUC: More help needed to catch 'minimum wage crooks'

The TUC says companies that underpaid minimum wage staff are "cheating low-paid workers" and called on the government to allocate greater resources to catch more "minimum wage crooks".

It is shocking that so many employers – including some who pay their star players millions of pounds a year – are cheating low-paid workers out of the minimum wage.

The penalties won by HMRC – which the government has rightly decided should be even bigger – should be a clear deterrent to any bad boss thinking about short changing their staff. We also need to see more of these immoral companies named and shamed.

HMRC staff deserve credit for winning back millions of pounds for cheated employees but they need greater resources to catch the many minimum wage crooks still out there.”

– TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady

Failing to pay minimum wage is 'immoral and illegal'

Failing to pay staff the national minimum wage "is immoral and illegal" and employers caught deserve to "have their reputation ruined", the Trade Union Congress general secretary said.

It's great that minimum wage crooks are finally getting named and shamed.

Under-paying your lowest paid staff is immoral and illegal. Employers caught in the act deserve to be fined and have their reputation ruined.

This should send a clear message that dodging the minimum wage does not pay. All minimum wage cheats should be named and shamed, and HMRC need greater resources to catch even more crooks.

– Frances O'Grady, TUC general secretary

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Underpaying employers 'will face tough consequences'

Employers paying under the minimum wage "will face tough consequences", Business Minister Jenny Willot said.

Paying less than the minimum wage is not only wrong, it's illegal. If employers break the law they need to know that they will face tough consequences.

Any worker who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. If anyone suspects they are not being paid the wage they are legally entitled to they should call the Pay and Work Rights helpline on 0800 917 2368.

– Business Minister Jenny Willott

Employers paying under minimum wage named by govt

The Government has "named and shamed" employers who failed to pay their staff the national minimum wage as part of a new crackdown.

File photo dated of money. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

A hire company, hotel, hairdressers and retail outlet were among the 25 employers named.

Between them, they owe workers more than £43,000 in arrears, and face fines totalling over £21,000.

It is the biggest number of employers publicly named since a new regime was announced last year.

The Government also plans to increase fines, so that an employer underpaying 10 workers could face penalties of up to £200,000.

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