Revealed: East Midlands National Minimum Wage offenders
A Derby recruitment firm has been named as the second worst offender in the UK for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage.
Premier Recruitment, which is based at St Peters Churchyard in the city, underpaid 424 workers £37,797.33 according to new figures released today by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
Almost 200 employers who failed to pay their workers the legal minimum have been publicly named, Business Minister Margot James announced.
Between them, the 198 companies named owed £466,219 in arrears, across a range of employers including football clubs, hotels, care homes and hairdressers. All of the money owed to these workers has been paid back to them.
Since the scheme was introduced in October 2013, 688 employers have been named and shamed, with total arrears of more than £3.5m.
Business Minister Margot James said: “This Government is determined to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.
“That means making sure everyone gets paid the wages they are owed – including our new, higher, National Living Wage. It is not acceptable that some employers fail to pay at least the minimum wage their workers are entitled to.
“So we’ll continue to crack down on those who ignore the law, including by naming and shaming them.”
Other East Midlands offenders were:
