United Kingdom - Failing to pay minimum wage - December 31, 2020

Almost 140 companies, including some of the biggest household names, are being named and shamed for failing to pay their workers the minimum wage. Investigated between 2016 and 2018, the 139 named companies failed to pay £6.7 million (€7.55 million) to over 95,000 workers in total, in a flagrant breach of employment law. The offending companies range in size from small businesses to large multinationals who employ thousands of people across the UK.

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