Yorkshire companies named and shamed over National Minimum Wage failure

Yorkshire companies named and shamed over National Minimum Wage failure

In a bold move, Business Minister Nick Boles has publically named 75 employers across the UK who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage.

All 75 companies, six of which are based in Yorkshire, owed workers over £153k in arrears, and span sectors including hairdressing, fashion, publishing, hospitality, health and fitness, automotive, social care, and retail.

Since this scheme was launched in October 2013, the total number of companies accused of failing to their workers the National Minimum Wage is 285 employers, with total arrears of over £788k and total penalties of over £325k.

Mr Boles said: “As a one nation government on the side of working people we are determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage receives it. When the new National Living Wage is introduced next April (2016) we will enforce robustly. This means that the hard-working people of the UK will get the pay rise they deserve.”

From October 2015 the National Minimum Wage will increase to £6.70.

Yorkshire employers named today were:

• Julie Shields t/a The Beauty Tree, Castleford, neglected to pay £1,391.65 to 1 worker
• Denton & Nickels Ltd, Doncaster, neglected to pay £1,162.30 to 3 workers
• Darron Tool & Engineering (Sheffield) Ltd, Rotherham, neglected to pay £749.44 to 1 worker
• Energy & Compliance Technology Ltd t/a Compliance 365, Wakefield, neglected to pay £595.36 to 2 workers
• Paul Nyman Ltd, Wakefield, neglected to pay £531.04 to 1 worker
• Clare Robinson t/a Jeselle, Doncaster, neglected to pay £268.03 to 1 worker