NHS trust named and shamed as one of 360 employers to underpay workers

More than 350 employers, including the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and a business in Hebden Bridge, have been named and shamed as the Government publishes the largest ever list of national minimum and living wage offenders.
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Calderdale Royal Hospital

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy named 360 businesses who underpaid 15,520 workers a total of £995,233, with employers in the hairdressing, hospitality and retail sectors the most prolific offenders.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, failed to pay £7,500.95 to one worker and Mattocks Water Services Ltd in Hebden Bridge failed to pay £1,521.41 to one worker.

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As well as recovering arrears for some of the UK’s lowest paid workers, HMRC issued penalties worth around £800,000.

For the first time, the naming list includes employers who failed to pay eligible workers at least the new National Living Wage rate, which is currently £7.20 for workers aged 25 and over.

Business Minister Margot James said: “Every worker in the UK is entitled to at least the national minimum or living wage and this government will ensure they get it.

“That is why we have named and shamed more than 350 employers who failed to pay the legal minimum, sending the clear message to employers that minimum wage abuses will not go unpunished.”

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Excuses for underpaying workers included using tips to top up pay, docking workers’ wages to pay for their Christmas party and making staff pay for their own uniforms out of their salary.

Check out the full list of the 360 businesses here