M&S, Argos and WH Smith among 200 companies ‘named and shamed’ for not paying minimum…

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21 June 2023, 14:03 | Updated: 21 June 2023, 15:04

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Argos, M&S and WH Smith are among some 200 companies which have been collectively fined £7m for failing to pay employees the minimal wage.

Retailers WH Smith, M&S and Argos have been “named and shamed” by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) for not paying some 63,000 employees members the authorized minimal wage in a 2019 evaluation carried out by HMRC.

Inspectors from HMRC discovered that these on the checklist had made a number of breaches, together with by deducting pay from employees for new uniforms and paying the fallacious apprenticeship wage.

For these aged 23 and over, the authorized minimal wage is £10.42, which rose from £9.50 in April. The authorized minimal hourly wage, which incorporates apprentices and under-18s, is £5.28.

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The companies who didn’t pay their employees adequately will likely be made to reimburse their employees and have additionally been issued fines.

The authorities stated these on the checklist will “face the consequences” of failing to correctly pays employees.

Although it’s unsure how a lot M&S, Argos and WH Smith have been fined, the federal government stated it’s as much as 200% of the arrears they owed, the BBC reported.

WH Smith didn’t pay greater than £1.2m to over 17,600 of its employees, understanding at about £58 every, making it the worst offender among these listed.

In this occasion employees have been compelled to pay out of their very own pocket when the corporate issued a brand new uniform coverage, as an alternative of overlaying the associated fee itself.

Staff have been instructed to put on black trousers, skirts or footwear with the accompanying WH Smith uniform.

A spokesman for WH Smith stated it was a “genuine error” and that that they had reimbursed employees since.

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Lloyds Pharmacy was additionally on the checklist.

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They stated: “Following a evaluation with HMRC in 2019, and in frequent with a lot of retailers, it was delivered to our consideration that we had misinterpreted how the statutory wage rules have been utilized to our uniform coverage for employees working in our shops.

“This was a real error and it was rectified instantly with all colleagues reimbursed in 2019.”

Also on the checklist was Lloyds Pharmacy, second from the highest, for making the identical mistake with uniforms, because it underpaid employees by a complete of £903,307.

A spokesman for the pharmacy stated: “As quickly as we have been made conscious, we acted rapidly to inform affected colleagues and reimburse them.

“We additionally up to date our coverage to make sure it did not recur.”

Supermarket retailer M&S left 5,363 out of pocket by £578,391, at over £100 every, because it stated the error developed after failing to pay momentary employees quick sufficient.

An M&S spokesman stated: “Like many different organisations, M&S is just named within the NMW checklist due to an unintentional technical situation from over 4 years in the past.

“This occurred just because momentary colleagues have been not paid throughout the strict time intervals specified within the NMW Regulations and was remedied as quickly as we turned conscious of the difficulty.

“Our minimal hourly pay has by no means been beneath the nationwide minimal wage, it’s presently above it and no colleagues have been ever underpaid due to this.”

Bryan Sanderson, chair of the Low Pay Commission stated: “The minimal wage acts as a assure to make sure all employees with out exception obtain a good minimal customary of pay.

“Where employers break the legislation, they not solely do a disservice to their employees but in addition undermine truthful competitors between companies.

“Regular naming rounds must be a useful gizmo in elevating consciousness of underpayment and serving to to guard minimal wage employees.”

The DBT discovered that 39% of 200 companies had deducted pay from employees’ pay, 39% did not pay employees appropriately for the time labored, and 21% had paid the inaccurate apprenticeship charge.

Kevin Hollinrake, the minister for enterprise, markets and small enterprise acknowledged that among the underpayments have been right down to real error, however added that “there is no excuse for underpaying workers”.

He stated: “Most businesses do the right thing and look after their employees, but we’re sending a clear message to the minority who ignore the law: pay your staff properly or you’ll face the consequences.”

Companies fined for pay breaches

WH Smith didn’t pay £1,017,693.36 to 17,607 employees
Lloyds Pharmacy didn’t pay £903,307.47 to 7,916 employees
Marks and Spencer (M&S) didn’t pay £578,390.79 to 5,363 employees
Argos didn’t pay £480,093.58 to 10,399 employees
Buzz Group Limited didn’t pay £319,297.21 to 3,448 employees
Baxterstorey Limited didn’t pay £185,242.24 to 2,166 employees
McNicholas Construction Services Limited didn’t pay £170,517.57 to 704 employees
Showsec International Limited didn’t pay £107,835.49 to 5,574 employees
Brunning and Price Limited didn’t pay £98,675.37 to 1,500 employees
Chanel Limited didn’t pay £70,413.59 to 250 employees
AAH Limited didn’t pay £42,359.39 to 201 employees
Mr John Bowden & Mr Gary Bowden, buying and selling as Dulhorn Farm Holiday Park didn’t pay £37,880.77 to 13 employees
4 Site Security Services Limited didn’t pay £36,388.31 to 170 employees
UK Pharmaservices Ltd didn’t pay £35,094.66 to 13 employees
Victor Foster Poultry Services Limited didn’t pay £33,045.17 to 284 employees
Loganair Limited didn’t pay £24,367 to 43 employees
Tudor Employment Agency Limited didn’t pay £22,606.96 to 930 employees
Wellingstone Ltd, buying and selling as East Orient Buffet Restaurant didn’t pay £21,127.65 to 8 employees
Dune Group Limited didn’t pay £21,088.48 to 339 employees
OMI Facilities Limited didn’t pay £20,622.77 to 9 employees
The Lion Hotel (Criccieth) Limited, buying and selling as The Lion Hotel didn’t pay £20,322.27 to 9 employees
Executive Sport Limited didn’t pay £20,200.34 to 8 employees
Lemon Tree Manchester Ltd didn’t pay £18,976.19 to 17 employees
TFL Service Centre Limited – Liquidation 13/12/21, traded as Wimbledon Service Centre didn’t pay £18,377.98 to 7 employees
ALG Cognita Limited didn’t pay £17,364.51 to 318 employees
Twenty Four Seven Recruitment Services Limited didn’t pay £17,049.34 to 213 employees
Macdonald Hotels (Management) Limited didn’t pay £16,111.76 to 64 employees
Kuehne + Nagel Limited didn’t pay £14,589.92 to 173 employees
Hall & Woodhouse Limited didn’t pay £14,354.5 to 23 employees
Hickory’s (ROS) Limited, buying and selling as Hickory’s Smokehouse didn’t pay £14,141.12 to 157 employees
Baxterstorey Scotland Limited didn’t pay £13,618.29 to 186 employees
Oulton Hall Hotel Trading Limited didn’t pay £13,326.97 to 66 employees
Momentum Instore Limited didn’t pay £12,501.51 to 434 employees
Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited didn’t pay £12,215.56 to 48 employees
Park View Health Clubs Limited didn’t pay £12,191.87 to 4 employees
Morleys Stores Limited didn’t pay £11,640.77 to 78 employees
Lex Legal (UK) Ltd didn’t pay £11,559.42 to 10 employees
Oasis and Warehouse Limited didn’t pay £10,963.70 to 996 employees
Oxford United Football Club Limited didn’t pay £10,826.74 to 31 employees
Elite Recruitment Agency Limited didn’t pay £10,554.39 to 1 employee
Holroyd Howe Limited didn’t pay £10,302.15 to 129 employees
Mr Paul Wright, buying and selling as Baccarat Hair Design didn’t pay £10,178.71 to 9 employees
Verve Personnel Limited didn’t pay £10,124.04 to 794 employees
Contemplation Homes Limited didn’t pay £10,095.23 to 87 employees
The Park Hotel Ayrshire Limited didn’t pay £10,088.99 to 129 employees
Portway Crown Limited didn’t pay £9,809.24 to 3 employees
Thomas Commercial Cleaning Limited didn’t pay £9,762.56 to 6 employees
Delta Crewe Hall Op Co Limited didn’t pay £9,626.89 to 29 employees
Top Nails Livingston Ltd didn’t pay £9,266.40 to 5 employees.
Acropolis Corporate Limited didn’t pay £9,150.60 to 56 employees
Avondale Foods (Craigavon) Limited, Craigavon, BT66, didn’t pay £9,007.35 to 149 employees.
Delta Telford Op Co Limited didn’t pay £8,871.76 to 12 employees
M1 Valet Centre Ltd didn’t pay £7,807.71 to 3 employees
Warrington Football Club Limited (The), buying and selling as Warrington Wolves didn’t pay £7,720.61 to 34 employees
Mr Faried Khan, buying and selling as The News Shop didn’t pay £7,393.47 to 1 employee
Hudsons 23 Limited, buying and selling as 23 Taxis didn’t pay £7,190.46 to 83 employees
Dazzle Pristine Car Wash & Vehicle Servicing Ltd didn’t pay £7,051.08 to 5 employees
Lucknam Park Hotels Limited didn’t pay £6,990.12 to 33 employees
PFF Packaging (Sedgefield) Limited didn’t pay £6,115.36 to 99 employees
Mr Harbhajan Singh Walia, buying and selling as Parkside International Hotel didn’t pay £5,936.40 to 2 employees
D & F Trading Ltd didn’t pay £5,920.22 to 7 employees
Elvis Car Wash Ltd didn’t pay £5,768.98 to 3 employees
Roka Mayfair Limited didn’t pay £5,741.87 to 16 employees
Mr Jangi Ismail Hamid didn’t pay £5,714.27 to 6 employees
The House of Bruar Limited didn’t pay £5,543.80 to 57 employees
Thanet Early Years Project didn’t pay £5,487.97 to 27 employees
Delta Forest Pines Op Co Limited, buying and selling as DoubleTree by Hilton Forest Pines Spa & Golf Resortfailed to pay £5,471.81 to 17 employees
Nurse 365 Limited didn’t pay £5,238.01 to 8 employees
Ross Labels Limited didn’t pay £5,221.27 to 106 employees
Little Poppets Nurseries Limited didn’t pay £5,214.88 to 19 employees
Tenpin (Scotland) Limited, buying and selling as Pro Bowl Glenrothes didn’t pay £5,174.65 to 1 employee
Virgin Active Limited didn’t pay £5,074.96 to 80 employees
Dr Tyrone Castles, buying and selling as The Royal Hotel didn’t pay £4,974.72 to 9 employees
All Day Recruitment Limited didn’t pay £4,896.57 to 25 employees
Casual Dining Restaurants Group Limited didn’t pay £4,647.70 to 20 employees
Hatch Brothers Limited, buying and selling as Genesis Crafty didn’t pay £4,439.53 to 7 employees
Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club didn’t pay £4,426.73 to 1 employee
Express Valeting Limited didn’t pay £4,338.3 to 3 employees
Cater Link Limited didn’t pay £4,285.35 to 61 employees
Day of Sunshine (UK) Ltd didn’t pay £4,275.19 to 2 employees
Tot Stop Pre School & Early Years Centre Ltd didn’t pay £4,213.77 to 10 employees
H.S. Walia Limited, buying and selling as Lawn & Parkside International Hotels didn’t pay £4,198.85 to 1 employee
Velocity Interactive didn’t pay £3,868.40 to 2 employees
B H Live didn’t pay £3,757.43 to 130 employees
Few Inns Limited didn’t pay £3,756.10 to 6 employees
Hunter’s Moon UK Limited, buying and selling as Margaret Kimber didn’t pay £3,653.22 to 8 employees
The Organic Hair Company Limited didn’t pay £3,590.83 to 4 employees
Ms Dimitroulla Antoniou, buying and selling as Montage didn’t pay £3,579.72 to 2 employees
Little Sunbeams Pre-School didn’t pay £3,561.97 to 9 employees
Reahs Restaurant Ltd, buying and selling as The Portmor didn’t pay £3,292 to 8 employees
Delta Park Op Co Limited didn’t pay £3,242.59 to 26 employees
Landlet Limited didn’t pay £3,224.06 to 9 employees
Toolstation Limited didn’t pay £3,090.18 to 79 employees
USA Car Wash (Derby) Limited didn’t pay £3,005.10 to 9 employees
The Inveraray Inn Limited, buying and selling as The George Hotel didn’t pay £2,933.93 to 25 employees
Blackpool Pleasure Beach Limited didn’t pay £2,866.95 to 12 employees
Eunoia Enterprises Limited didn’t pay £2,798.84 to 31 employees
Mrs Pauline Butfield, buying and selling as Pauline’s Hair & Beauty didn’t pay £2,791.84 to 1 employee
Bubbles Sussex Services Limited didn’t pay £2,654.37 to 9 employees
Ridgeway Private Day Nursery Limited didn’t pay £2,600 to 3 employees
Ok&R Blue Bakery Limited didn’t pay £2,574.87 to 4 employees
Integra Accounting Limited didn’t pay £2,566.42 to 5 employees
Crofton Park Cars Ltd didn’t pay £2,549.48 to 1 employee
The Young Explorers Day Nursery Limited didn’t pay £2,521.93 to 14 employees
Mr Kristopher George Shenton, buying and selling as KGS Gas Services didn’t pay £2,428.96 to 1 employee
O’Connor’s Restaurant Ltd, buying and selling as O’Connor’s Bar and Restaurant didn’t pay £2,413.89 to 1 employee
WGAB Limited, buying and selling as Excel Clothing didn’t pay £2,369.12 to 18 employees
ITL (North East) Limited didn’t pay £2,346.53 to 2 employees
Mer Manor Operations Limited didn’t pay £2,332.78 to 98 employees
Arcadia Group Limited didn’t pay £2,233.19 to 109 employees
Curran Court Hotel 2017 Limited didn’t pay £2,003.07 to 63 employees
Copona Limited didn’t pay £1,994.61 to 1 employee
OMI Management Ltd didn’t pay £1,983.23 to 2 employees
MJ Services East Limited didn’t pay £1,977.97 to 2 employees
Careers Advice & Learning Centre Limited didn’t pay £1,972.73 to 6 employees
Disha (Newcastle) Ltd, buying and selling as Subway didn’t pay £1,948.98 to 2 employees
Core Assetz Ltd didn’t pay £1,928.61 to 3 employees
Phoenix Eye Ltd didn’t pay £1,917.07 to 301 employees
Arla Foods Limited didn’t pay £1,916.60 to 14 employees.
Calmac Services Limited, buying and selling as Riverside Vets Canvey didn’t pay £1,912.81 to 1 employee
Central Fitness Limited didn’t pay £1,909.17 to 1 employee
Jettco Plastering Limited didn’t pay £1,905.95 to 1 employee
Mr Makudur Rahman, buying and selling as Ghandi Indian Restaurant didn’t pay £1,896.70 to 2 employees
Mack Daddys Gloucester Road Limited didn’t pay £1,863.80 to 2 employees
Mr Vinodrai Pranjivanbhai Tanna, buying and selling as Tanna Pharmacy didn’t pay £1,815.53 to 1 employee
Grimethorpe Hand Car Wash Ltd didn’t pay £1,793.29 to 1 employee
George Day Nurseries Limited, buying and selling as Orpington Day Nursery didn’t pay £1,776.75 to 4 employees
Mrs Karen Wells, buying and selling as Cream Hair Design didn’t pay £1,776.15 to 2 employees
Mrs Patricia Jervis, buying and selling as Bumble Beez didn’t pay £1,768.87 to 7 employees
Wren Kitchens Limited didn’t pay £1,675.73 to 16 employees
Bendart Limited, buying and selling as Blackwell Print didn’t pay £1,585.08 to 2 employees
Uppal Convenience Stores Limited, buying and selling as Spar, Runcorn didn’t pay £1,574.02 to 1 employee
Mrs Zara Emma Mason, buying and selling as The Lamb Inn didn’t pay £1,567.39 to 3 employees
Checkpoint Car Care Ltd didn’t pay £1,532.25 to 2 employees
Mr Richard Woodland, buying and selling as Woodland Autos didn’t pay £1,530.42 to 1 employee
Westbourne Leisure Limited, buying and selling as The Strawberry Bank Hotel didn’t pay £1,513.44 to 31 employees
The Pit Stop (Colchester) Limited didn’t pay £1,474.69 to 1 employee
Mrs Helen Wilson, buying and selling as The Hygiene Machine didn’t pay £1,462.26 to 2 employees
Delta Ashford Op Co Limited, buying and selling as Ashford International Hotel didn’t pay £1,435.91 to 12 employees
Version Limited, buying and selling as La Coupe Studio didn’t pay £1,428.01 to 1 employee
M R Academy Limited traded as Sugarcoat Nails didn’t pay £1,391.42 to 3 employees
Ms Joanne Sarabia, buying and selling as Secrets Hair & Beauty didn’t pay £1,373.90 to 1 employee
Springvale Leather Limited didn’t pay £1,373.23 to 1 employee
The Trading Mill Limited didn’t pay £1,336.33 to 4 employees
Dudley Taylor Pharmacies Limited didn’t pay £1,276.45 to 174 employees
St. Nicholas House Ltd didn’t pay £1,178.53 to 2 employees
Whitbread Group PLC didn’t pay £1,118.37 to 1 employee
Glowing Global Advertising Limited didn’t pay £1,116.99 to 4 employees
Sahara Global Ltd, buying and selling as A1 Hand Car Wash didn’t pay £1,087.87 to 4 employees
Delta Chesford Grange OP CO Limited, buying and selling as Chesford Grange Hotel didn’t pay £1,066.21 to 6 employees
Vue Cinemas (UK) Limited didn’t pay £1,029.13 to 8 employees
Heritage Hotels Blackpool Limited traded as Melville Hotel didn’t pay £1,027.65 to 2 employees
Nail Retreat London Limited didn’t pay £1,015.23 to 2 employees
D&M Middleton Limited didn’t pay £960.64 to 4 employees
Bar Lounge Limited didn’t pay £951.17 to 23 employees
BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory & Property Management UK Limited didn’t pay £933.12 to 3 employees
Portal Security Ltd didn’t pay £927.61 to 55 employees
North Norfolk Hospitality Limited, buying and selling as The Cliftonville Hotel didn’t pay £908.56 to 3 employees
Serenity Health Care (Team) Ltd didn’t pay £904.09 to 2 employees
The Rides Motor Services Limited didn’t pay £877.42 to 3 employees
St. Mark’s Pre-School didn’t pay £870.55 to 6 employees
Little Treasures Nurseries Kirton Ltd didn’t pay £866.01 to 2 employees
Mr Rassul Kadir, buying and selling as Talbot Road Car Wash didn’t pay £864.80 to 5 employees
Mr Thomas O’Brien & Mr Lee Taylor, buying and selling as Chambers Hair Design didn’t pay £858.90 to 1 employee
Elmhurst School Limited didn’t pay £829.32 to 1 employee
Amira G Foods Limited didn’t pay £796.43 to 1 employee
Mr R.E. Blair and Mrs June Victoria Blair, buying and selling as Higher Trenoweth Farm didn’t pay £776.76 to 1 employee
Comptons 2000 Limited didn’t pay £772.36 to 3 employees
LDH Hotels Limited, buying and selling as The Tongue Hotel didn’t pay £771.48 to 11 employees
Pizza & Co West Road Limited didn’t pay £757.62 to 1 employee
Tangerine Properties Ltd didn’t pay £743.21 to 5 employees
Ms Claire Frances, buying and selling as Claire Frances Hairdressing didn’t pay £739.02 to 1 employee
Delta Hampshire Court Op Co Limited, buying and selling as Hampshire Court Hotel didn’t pay £737.96 to 10 employees
Delta Stratford Manor Op Co Limited didn’t pay £728.77 to 8 employees
Fintax UK Limited didn’t pay £727.79 to 3 employees
Forza GB (Great Britain) Ltd didn’t pay £721.34 to 2 employees
Benugo Limited didn’t pay £717.80 to 12 employees
AMYU Limited traded as Golden Spice Kebab House didn’t pay £710.20 to 4 employees
Old Plaza Ltd didn’t pay £692.60 to 15 employees
The Governors, buying and selling as Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Children’s Centre didn’t pay £683.58 to 8 employees
You Me Thai Ltd didn’t pay £667.70 to 2 employees
The Network (Field Marketing & Promotions) Company Limited, buying and selling as JYL Hand to Hand didn’t pay £661.37 to 14 employees
Ripon Spa Hotel Limited didn’t pay £654.85 to 8 employees
Social Care Alba Ltd didn’t pay £650.38 to 8 employees
The H Room Limited didn’t pay £639.67 to 4 employees
Eurotherm Limited didn’t pay £639.67 to 7 employees
Mr Henry Gornall, Mrs Joesphine Gornall, Mrs Lisa Gornall and Mr Richard Gornall, buying and selling as The Hideaway at Windermere didn’t pay £620.75 to 3 employees
Anthony John Salons Limited didn’t pay £615.46 to 1 employee
The Learning Mill Ltd didn’t pay £612.69 to 1 employee
Moses Basket Ltd, buying and selling as Happi Feet didn’t pay £610.65 to 10 employees
Super Noodles Catering Limited didn’t pay £601.24 to 1 employee
Al-Haqq UK Ltd, buying and selling as Heavenly Desserts didn’t pay £594.62 to 3 employees
Delta Belton Woods Op Co Limited didn’t pay £587.56 to 3 employees
727 Your Store Limited didn’t pay £580.37 to 1 employee
The Green Courier Limited, buying and selling as Churchill Express didn’t pay £576.08 to 1 employee
Tyre Torque Doncaster Limited didn’t pay £566.16 to 6 employees
United Church Schools Trust didn’t pay £554.82 to 2 employees
Global Education Management Systems Limited didn’t pay £530.42 to 1 employee
Mr Shobuz Ali, buying and selling as Khalisa Indian Restaurant L16, didn’t pay £526.07 to 2 employees
JJJ-D Corporation Ltd didn’t pay £509.20 to 10 employees
Edenmore Golf & Country Club Ltd didn’t pay £506.52 to 11 employees
Mr Patrick Ginnelly didn’t pay £502.37 to 1 employee

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