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Government gets tough with employers failing to pay minimum wage

03/03/2014

Employers who owe their workers thousands of pounds for failing to pay them the correct National Minimum Wage have been named and shamed.

Employers who owe their workers thousands of pounds for failing to pay them the correct National Minimum Wage have been named and shamed by Business Secretary Vince Cable today (28 February 2014).The government is introducing a series of tougher measures to crack down on employers who flout National Minimum Wage law. The first of these, a tougher naming and shaming scheme, came into effect on 1 October 2013. Five employers are the first to be named under the stricter rules, who between them owe workers a total of over £6,800 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling £3,381.40.  Read More


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