Scottish employers repay employees thousands
Over 25 Scottish businesses have repaid workers 拢60,000 after underpaying the National Living and Minimum Wage.
바카라 사이트� Over 25 Scottish businesses named for underpaying National Living and Minimum Wage workers 拢60,000
바카라 사이트� Employers underpaid workers by taking deductions from wages for uniforms, underpaying apprentices and failing to pay travel time
바카라 사이트� 拢1.44m in back pay has been identified for 22,400 workers across the UK, with the employers fined additional 拢1.97m
The UK 바카라 사이트 has published a list of the names of more then 24 employers headquartered in Scotland, found to have underpaid more than 300 Scottish workers by a total of 拢60,000.
Employers underpaid workers by taking deductions from wages for uniforms, underpaying apprentices and failing to pay travel time.
拢1.42m in back pay has been identified for 23,000 workers across the UK, with the employers fined additional 拢1.97m.
UK-wide companies including Home Bargains and Card Factory (who have significant presences in Scotland) have also been identified as underpaying their employees.
The back pay identified by HMRC affects more UK workers than in any previous list and has generated record fines of 拢1.95m.
The earliest underpayment dated back to 2011, with the most recent happening this year (2018).
Business Minister Andrew Griffiths said:
Our priority is making sure workers know their rights and are getting the pay they worked hard for. Employers who don바카라 사이트檛 do the right thing face fines as well as being hit with the bill for backpay.
The UK바카라 사이트檚 lowest paid workers have had the fastest wage growth in 20 years thanks to the introduction of the National Living Wage and today바카라 사이트檚 list serves as a reminder to all employers to check they are getting their workers바카라 사이트� pay right.
UK 바카라 사이트 Minister Lord Duncan said:
It beggars belief that some employers think they can get away with underpaying staff and tricking them out of the wage to which they are legally entitled. That바카라 사이트檚 why we are naming shaming and fining these companies. We won바카라 사이트檛 stop until every employee in Scotland is paid correctly and fairly for their labours.
The top 5 reasons for National Minimum and Living Wage underpayments in this list 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 UK 바카라 사이트 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. I바카라 사이트檓 confident that the UK 바카라 사이트 will continue to pursue underpayment of the minimum wage vigorously.
Funding for minimum wage enforcement has more than doubled since 2015, with the UK 바카라 사이트 set to spend 拢26.3m in 2018/19.
The scheme is in its fifth year and calls out employers who have fallen foul of minimum wage laws, so far identifying 拢10.8m in back pay for around 90,000 workers, with more than 1,900 employers fined a total of 拢8.4m. HMRC has launched a series of webinars, available on 바카라 사이트, to help employers check that they are complying with the law.
The UK 바카라 사이트 is currently running a campaign to raise awareness of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates, which increased on 1 April 2018, as well as encouraging workers who have been underpaid to complain to HMRC. The campaign website has had more than 600,000 visits since the campaign began on 1 April.
Employers who pay workers less than the minimum wage have to pay back arrears of wages to the worker at current minimum wage rates and face financial penalties of up to 200% of arrears, capped at 拢20,000 per worker.
For more information about your pay, or if you think you might be being underpaid, get advice and guidance at . Workers can also seek advice from workplace experts Acas.