239 Employers named and fined by HMRC for underpaying 22,400 workers since 2011.
- Julie Henwood
- Jul 6, 2018
- 1 min read
Dating back to 2011, 239 employers have been named and fined £1.97 million pounds for underpaying the National Living and Minimum Wage and for taking deductions from wages for uniforms, underpaying apprentices and failing to pay travel time.
£1.44m in back pay has been identified for 22,400 workers, with the employers fined additional £1.97m
The top 5 reasons for National Minimum and Living Wage underpayments in this round were:
taking deductions from wages for costs such as uniforms
underpaying apprentices
failing to pay travel time
misusing the accommodation offset
using the wrong time periods for calculating pay
Low Pay Commission Chairman Bryan Sanderson said:
It is crucial that employers understand their responsibilities and workers know their rights around the minimum wage. That is why active enforcement and effective communication from Government is so important. It is therefore encouraging to see that HMRC has recovered unpaid wages for the largest number of workers yet in this round of naming and shaming. I’m confident that the Government will continue to pursue underpayment of the minimum wage vigorously.
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For a full list of the 239 employers - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/record-22400-minimum-wage-workers-to-receive-millions-in-backpay
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