More than 650 businesses, including B&Q, Five Guys and Serco, have been named by the government for failing to pay some of their employees the minimum wage. The 658 employers on the list have repaid a total of about £4m to more than 27,000 workers.
The Department for Business & Trade published the list on 3 September and said the repayments followed “robust” enforcement action. Ministers said penalties totalling £7m had been issued to employers found not to be paying the legal minimum.
Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, said: “Short-changing your staff isn’t a shortcut to success and we are determined to stamp it out.”
Kate Dearden, minister for the future of work, said: “Underpaying your staff is illegal, and we will not let workers foot the bill for their boss failing to follow the rules.”
The government said it was committed to publishing naming lists more regularly so that employers were swiftly held to account and made improvements as quickly as possible. A previous naming round covered 239 employers who underpaid 22,400 workers a total of £1.44m.
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