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.
Tesco ‘Britain’s worst minimum wage offender’, BEIS says
The supermarket said it was “extremely disappointed and surprised” to have been singled out by the Government
31 December 2020 • 6:00am
Tesco was Britain’s worst minimum wage offender as the business department identified a raft companies that failed to pay staff in full.
The supermarket chain was among 139 firms, including Pizza Hut, Costco and Wigan Warriors, the rugby league club, named and shamed by the Government.
The companies were investigated between 2016 and 2018 and they failed to pay £6.7m to more than 95,000 employees at the time.
They range from small businesses to large companies, together employing thousands of people up and down the country.
Two Leigh Centurions players have agreed full-time contracts with the Club following their promotion to the Betfred Super League. Centre Iain Thornley and forward Tom Spencer had previously combined playing for Leigh with their respective careers away from rugby league. But now the pair will go full-time with Leigh Centurions much to the delight of Head Coach John Duffy. Duffy said: “Iain and Tom are two players who have been fantastic for me and I am really pleased they are going full-time. It speaks volumes about them that they are willing to take this opportunity and give their all for the Leigh Centurions in 2021. I am very pleased they have both been able to secure full-time deals because they are two players who have been on the same journey as me since I came to the Club.”