Rogue employers named and shamed for failing to pay minimum wage
The 139 named companies failed to pay £6.7 million to over 95,000 workers.
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139 companies, including major household names, have short-changed their employees and have been fined
offending firms failed to pay £6.7 million to their workers, in a completely unacceptable breach of employment law
Business Minister Paul Scully says the list should be a ‘wake-up call’ to rogue bosses, as department relaunches naming scheme after 2-year pause
Almost 140 companies, including some of the UK’s biggest household names, are being named and shamed today for failing to pay their workers the minimum wage.
The 139 named companies failed to pay £6.7 million to over 95,000 workers.
139 companies, including major household names, have short-changed their employees and have been fined
offending firms failed to pay £6.7 million to their workers, in a completely unacceptable breach of employment law
Business Minister Paul Scully says the list should be a ‘wake-up call’ to rogue bosses, as department relaunches naming scheme after 2-year pause
Almost 140 companies, including some of the UK’s biggest household names, are being named and shamed today for failing to pay their workers the minimum wage.
Investigated between 2016 and 2018, the 139 named companies failed to pay £6.7 million to over 95,000 workers in total, in a flagrant breach of employment law. The offending companies range in size from small businesses to large multinationals who employ thousands of people across the UK.
Northern Ireland s five health trusts and a meat processor in Co Antrim are today named and shamed as rogue employers who failed to pay the minimum wage.
Around 1,350 workers across NI were short-changed by a total of £104,000, according to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Doherty & Gray in Ballymena is the top local offender in a list of companies described by BEIS as rogue employers named and shamed for failing to pay minimum wage . Read More
All have had to pay the arrears in wages as well as financial penalties.
In a list of 139 UK employers, Doherty & Gray is number four for failing to pay £43,470.16 to 128 workers. The company behind sausage brand Hull s of Ballymena said its minimum wage policy over a three-year period had been audited by HMRC in 2018. It said it had always paid wages at and above the correct rates.
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Northern Ireland s five health trusts have been named and shamed by the UK government for failing to pay their workers the minimum wage.
They are among 139 UK employers recently fined by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
The list includes some big household names, such as Tesco and Pizza Hut.
The Southern Health and Social Care Trust (HSC), covering the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Council area, was the worst offender.
It failed to pay £11,285 to 269 workers.
Figures for the other four trusts are listed below:
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, covering Lisburn and Castlereagh, failed to pay £7,564 to 193 workers