Ministers urged to get tough on minimum wage offenders

Companies were fined only £14m in year when staff were underpaid by £15.6m

Ministers have been urged to impose tougher penalties on companies that pay their staff below the minimum wage after it emerged that the government fined companies only £14m in a year when rogue employers underpaid their staff by £15.6m.

It is a criminal offence not to pay the minimum wage, and the maximum fine is 200% of every penny underpaid. Firms found in breach must also repay staff all the money they are owed.

Continue reading…

Read full original article »