Companies named and shamed over minimum wage
FIFTEEN employers in the North West were among 75 named and shamed by Busness Minister Nick Boles for failing to pay workers the national minimum wage.
Between them, the 75 companies owed workers more than £153,000 in arrears, and span sectors including hairdressing, fashion, publishing, hospitality, health and fitness, automotive, social care, and retail.
This brings the total number of companies named and shamed under the scheme, which was introduced in October 2013, to 285 employers, with total arrears above £788,000 and total penalties of more than £325,000.
Boles said: “As a one nation government on the side of working people we are determined that everyone who is entitled to the national minimuk wage receives it.
“When the new national living wage is introduced next April we will enforce robustly. This means that the hard-working people of the UK will get the pay rise they deserve.”
From October the national minimum wage will increase to £6.70.
The North West employers named today are: Lime Tree Holiday Park Ltd, Buxton, neglected to pay £12,774.88 to two workers; David Lord, Lancaster, neglected to pay £7,554.55 to one worker; The Ultimate Dental Laboratory Ltd, Liverpool, neglected to pay £2,156.95 to four workers; More Than Conquerors Limited trading as Abba Nursery, Bolton, neglected to pay £2,015.08 to 6 workers; WY (Rookery Hall) Ltd t/a Rookery Hall Hotel & Spa, Nantwich, Cheshire neglected to pay £1,588.56 to one worker; Susan Isaacs Nursery School on behalf of Bolton Council, Bolton, neglected to pay £1,587.38 to three workers; Ashwood Taverns Ltd t/a Craven Heifer, Darwen, neglected to pay £1,419.99 to one worker; Versatile Mobiles t/a Elite Contact Ltd, Manchester, neglected to pay £985.77 to four workers; The Blindz Store Ltd, Bury, neglected to pay £703.71 to two workers; Worldflair Ltd t/a Krazy Kingdom, Blackpool, neglected to pay £443.07 to six workers; Fernandez Enterprises Ltd t/a Gourmet Coffee, Liverpool, neglected to pay £367.20 to one worker; R Thomson (Electrical Contractors) Ltd, Warrington, neglected to pay £302.11 to one worker; Zaheer Azam & Rehana Azam t/a Ziggy’s Schoolwear, Oldham, neglected to pay £291.07 to one worker; Airwaves Design Ltd, Altrincham, neglected to pay £250.98 to one worker.
