Feb 8, 2015
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Trade union confederation TUC estimates that the number of workers not being paid the legal National Minimum Wage (NMW) in both the formal and grey economies is at least 250,000. Despite improvements to enforcing the statutory minimum wage, new ways of cheating and circumventing have emerged.
The study National minimum wage enforcement published by the trade union confederation TUC estimates that the number of workers not being paid the legal National Minimum Wage (NMW) in both the formal and grey economies is at least 250,000. Despite improvements to enforcing the statutory minimum wage, new ways of cheating and circumventing have emerged. The research found employers that were under-recording workers’ hours, not paying for travel between work sites, or ‘vanishing’ to avoid paying fines, only to reappear under a different name.
English: http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace-issues/employment-rights/minimum-wage ...
http://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/ImprovingNationalMinimum ...
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