Government names underpaying Yorkshire firms

The Government has named and shamed 54 Yorkshire and Humber who failed to pay the minimum wage to staff.

The firms are among 524 named nationally collectively underpaid nearly £16m to more than 172,000 workers between 2015 and 2023. The named businesses have subsequently paid staff what they owed, and financial penalties of up to twice their underpayment.

Kevin Hollinrake, Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, said, “Employees deserve to get paid properly for the hard work they put in. While the majority of businesses already do the right thing and pay their staff what they are owed, today’s announcement sends a message to the minority who aren’t – that there are repercussions to undercutting hard work from their staff.”

Patricia Rice, independent commissioner at the Low Pay Commission, said, “At a time when the cost-of-living is rising, it is more important than ever that these workers receive the pay to which they are entitled. NMW underpayment not only cheats workers of their rightful due, it leaves compliant firms undercut by those who do not abide by the law.”

The Yorkshire and Humber firms named by the Government are:

• Tuffnells Parcels Express Limited (In Administration – 12/06/23), Sheffield, S9, failed to pay £340,784.57 to 576 workers
• 2 Sisters Food Group Limited, Wakefield, WF2, failed to pay £130,887.72 to 395 workers.
• Wm Morrison Produce Limited, Bradford, BD3, failed to pay £59,130.85 to 331 workers.
• Cranswick Country Foods Plc, Hessle, HU13, failed to pay £54,854.79 to 380 workers.
• Future Cleaning Services Limited (In Liquidation – 31/03/23), York, YO26, failed to pay £48,378.18 to 4,001 workers.
• Frozen Value Limited, Barnsley, S75, failed to pay £47,555.62 to 1,041 workers.
• Fieldrose Limited, Sheffield, S9, failed to pay £47,294.50 to 180 workers.
• Slumbay Limited (Previously Eville & Jones (UK) Limited) (In liquidation – 29/12/23), Leeds, LS15, failed to pay £33,151.78 to 65 workers.
• Cranswick Convenience Foods Limited, Barnsley, S73, failed to pay £32,841.25 to 593 workers.
• Thai Leisure Group Limited, York, YO31, failed to pay £27,806.19 to 349 workers.
• Mulcroft Limited, Sheffield, S9, failed to pay £24,401.52 to 624 workers.
• Queenscourt Limited, Sheffield, S9, failed to pay £21,555.09 to 515 workers.
• Northgate Fast Food Limited, Sheffield, S9, failed to pay £18,083.84 to 485 workers.
• Amber Foods Limited, Wakefield, WF2, failed to pay £14,457.06 to 180 workers.
• Coletta and Tyson Limited, Beverley, HU17, failed to pay £12,752.54 to 186 workers.
• Tuffnells Parcels Express Limited (In Administration – 12/06/23), Sheffield, S9, failed to pay £11,981.86 to 92 workers.
• York Cocoa House Ltd (In Administration – 15/11/23), York, YO1, failed to pay £11,776.62 to 7 workers.
• Rugby AM Limited (Dissolved – 25/01/22), Leeds, LS28, failed to pay £10,554.87 to 4 workers.
• The Little Academy Day Nursery (Severn Road) Ltd, Bradford, BD2, failed to pay £9,004.44 to 12 workers.
• M.K.M. Building Supplies Limited, Hull, HU8, failed to pay £8,370.06 to 41 workers.
• Mr Alan Omar, Bradford, BD1, failed to pay £6,427.93 to 3 workers.
• Austin Kemp Solicitors Limited, Leeds, LS1, failed to pay £5,746.85 to 1 worker.
• HM1316 Ltd (Dissolved – 21/06/22), Leeds, LS5, failed to pay £5,414.78 to 5 workers.
• Sia Fibral Limited, Halifax, HX4, failed to pay £5,151.94 to 15 workers.
• J. N. Bentley Limited, Skipton, BD23, failed to pay £5,021.05 to 30 workers.
• Mr Ian Dennis Lumsden & Mrs Remy Rose Castillo Lumsden, Bradford, BD13, failed to pay £4,526.25 to 12 workers.
• Worldwide Securities Services Limited, Bradford, BD3, failed to pay £4,214.03 to 46 workers.
• Killamarsh Village Day Nursery and Pre-School Limited, Sheffield, S21, failed to pay £4,180.95 to 9 workers.
• Performance Diamond Cut Wheels Limited, Leeds, LS12, failed to pay £3,074.51 to 4 workers.
• Flamingo Land Limited, Malton, YO17, failed to pay £3,033.57 to 4 workers.
• Farmers Boy Limited, Bradford, BD3, failed to pay £2,803.08 to 26 workers.
• The Royal Baths Chinese Restaurant Ltd, Harrogate, HG1, failed to pay £2,801.41 to 2 workers.
• Rathbone Kear Limited, Bradford, BD3, failed to pay £2,724.22 to 13 workers.
• Karro Food Group Limited, Malton, YO17, failed to pay £2,669.84 to 73 workers.
• S.P.Q. Ltd, Sheffield, S9, failed to pay £2,423.59 to 103 workers.
• Jasons Of Kippax Limited, Leeds, LS25, failed to pay £2,384.20 to 3 workers.
• T. Quality Limited, Doncaster, DN5, failed to pay £1,735.52 to 16 workers.
• J.A.M.B Restaurant Limited (Dissolved – 04/08/21), Scarborough, YO12, failed to pay £1,506.76 to 1 worker.
• International Seafoods Limited, Bradford, BD3, failed to pay £1,293.00 to 26 workers.
• Synerjy Limited, Grimsby, DN31, failed to pay £1,273.43 to 1 worker.
• Major Recruitment Limited, Huddersfield, HD1, failed to pay £1,202.94 to 164 workers.
• Hut Green Stores Limited, Eggborough, DN14, failed to pay £1,131.19 to 1 worker.
• Crown Chicken Limited, Hessle, HU13, failed to pay £1,088.33 to 97 workers.
• Uniteeny Childcare Ltd (Dissolved – 13/12/22), Halifax, HX2, failed to pay £1,015.12 to 2 workers.
• The Firehouse (Bradford) Ltd (Dissolved – 25/01/22), Bradford, BD9, failed to pay £908.23 to 3 workers.
• Mr Shahbaz Chaudary, Castleford, WF10, failed to pay £810.87 to 3 workers.
• Powerline Transport Limited (In Liquidation – 19/10/20), Dewsbury, WF12, failed to pay £805.62 to 2 workers.
• Indian Tiffin Room Leeds Limited, Leeds, LS1, failed to pay £764.48 to 8 workers.
• Tankersley Hotels Ltd (under new ownership), Barnsley, S75, failed to pay £763.91 to 5 workers.
• Fresh Bins (Leeds) Ltd, Leeds, LS16, failed to pay £674.87 to 1 worker.
• The Elite Wax Group Ltd (Dissolved – 12/04/22), Sheffield, S11, failed to pay £625.36 to 2 workers.
• Rahmath Traders Limited, Doncaster, DN8, failed to pay £623.27 to 9 workers.
• Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Bradford, BD1, failed to pay £612.41 to 6 workers.
• Shimlas Trade Limited, Bradford, BD7, failed to pay £515.51 to 2 workers.

The minimum wage for employees aged 21 or more will rise from £10.42 to £11.44 in April.