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Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business Kevin Hollinrake, said:
‘‘Paying the legal minimum wage is non -negotiable and all businesses, whatever their size, should know better than to short-change hard-working staff.
Most businesses do the right thing and look after their employees, but we’re sending a clear message to the minority who ignore the law: pay your staff properly or you’ll face the consequences.’’
It has been further informed, that the businesses named in today’s list have since paid back what they owe to their staff and have also faced financial penalties. The investigations by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) concluded between 2017 and 2019.
The employers named today previously underpaid workers in the following ways:
• 39% of employers deducted pay from workers’ wages • 39% of employers failed to pay workers correctly for their working time • 21% of employers paid the incorrect apprenticeship rate. Whilst not all minimum wage underpayments are intentional, the government stresses that there is no excuse for underpaying workers.
Guidance for employers on pay is available on GOV.UK. In addition, today the government has published additional advice about breaches and the steps employers should take to make sure they pay their workers correctly.
Bryan Sanderson, Chair of the Low Pay Commission (LPC), said:
‘‘The minimum wage acts as a guarantee to ensure all workers without exception receive a decent minimum standard of pay. Where employers break the law, they not only do a disservice to their staff but also undermine fair competition between businesses.
Regular naming rounds should be a useful tool in raising awareness of underpayment and helping to protect minimum wage workers.’’
Employers should always carry out the necessary checks - see the guidance: Calculating the Minimum Wage. An educational bulletin is also available, which focuses on unpaid working time, including some general statistics regarding breaches of NMW legislation in today’s naming round.
HMRC consider all complaints from workers, so workers are being reminded to check their pay with advice available through the ‘check your pay’ website .
Read the full press release and the full list of employers being named and shamed, here.
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HMRC services unavailable between 23 June and 26 June Published: 21 June 2023 Emailed: 21 June 2023
Many HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) services will be unavailable from midday Friday 23 June until 9:00am on Monday 26 June 2023. This means some of HMRC’s helplines, webchats and online services will be unavailable or have limited functionality.
The downtime is to allow systems to be moved, in order to be cloud hosted.
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