Top 20 National Minimum Wage offenders named and shamed

Employers around the UK have been publicly named and shamed for failing to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage.

Business Minister Margot James has announced that, the 197 companies named owed £465,291 in arrears, across a range of employers including football clubs, hotels, care homes and hairdressers.

All of the money owed to the employees has been paid back to them.

Since the scheme was introduced in October 2013, 687 employers have been named and shamed, with total arrears of more than £3.5m.

Business Minister Margot James said: “This government is determined to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.

“That means making sure everyone gets paid the wages they are owed – including our new, higher, National Living Wage. It is not acceptable that some employers fail to pay at least the minimum wage their workers are entitled to.

“So we’ll continue to crack down on those who ignore the law, including by naming and shaming them.”

The National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and over was introduced in April this year, which has meant a pay rise of more than £900-a-year for someone previously working full time on the National Minimum Wage. For workers under the age of 25, the National Minimum Wage still applies.

The National Living Wage will be enforced just as the National Minimum Wage is.

The top twenty National Minimum Wage offenders are:

1. San Lorenzo Ltd, Wimbledon, London, owed £99,541.98 to 30 workers
2. Premier Recruitment Ltd, Derby, owed £34,797.33 to 424 workers
3. Regis UK Ltd, Coventry, owed £25,712.19 to 604 workers
4. RD Resourcing Ltd, Eastleigh, Hampshire, owed £14,350.00 to 122 workers
5. TM West Plumbing Services Ltd, Leeds, owed £12,617.76 to 2 workers
6. Mr Ronald McConnachie, trading as Bay Newsagents, Weymss Bay, Renfrewshire, owed £12,527.97 to 3 workers
7. SLW Ltd, trading as Sycamore Care Centre, Sunderland, owed £10,212.05 to 98 workers
8. Kushi Care Ltd, Leicester, owed £9,726.23 to 46 workers
9. Busy Bee Nursery (Newport-on-Tay) Ltd, trading as Little Beehive Nursery, Fife, owed £9,065.14 to 7 workers
10. Omega Proteins Ltd, Halifax, owed £8,977.51 to 5 workers
11. Mr Moo’s Family Butchers Ltd, Billingham, Cleveland, owed £7,371.25 to 4 workers
12. Rice Chamberlains Estate Agents Ltd, Birmingham, owed £6,580.63 to 3 workers
13. Black Swan (Yorkshire) Ltd trading as The Black Swan Hotel, Hemsley, Yorkshire, owed £5,836.66 to 10 workers
14. Michael Holmes, trading as Fitzroy Builders, Newtownards, County Down, owed £5,371.76 to 2 workers
15. Voyage 1 Ltd, Lichfield, Staffordshire, owed £5,337.73 to 3 workers
16. Minee Monkeys Ltd (previously Mini Monkeys Ltd), Oldbury, owed £5,209.96 to 1 worker
17. Haven Care Ltd, Ilford, owed £4,695.89 to 101 workers
18. Mr Ray Macfarlane, trading as Rays Auto Custom Services, Blackburn, owed £4,396.74 to 2 workers
19. Catering Academy Ltd, Tamworth, Staffordshire, owed £4,220.48 to 1 worker
20. A & G Precision & Sons Ltd, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, owed £3,723.24 to 1 worker

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