Five Leeds businesses have been named and shamed for failing to pay staff the national minimum wage. In a list of over 200 employers across the country, five in Leeds have made the list which has been published topday by the Department for Business and Trade.
In total, 202 employers were found to have failed to pay their lowest paid staff the minimum wage. This left around 63,000 workers out of pocket from not being paid enough money.
The companies include major brands such as WH Smith, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer and Argos, as well as some smaller independent brands.
Bryan Sanderson, who is chair of the Low Pay Commission, said: " The minimum wage acts as a guarantee to ensure all workers without exception receive a decent minimum standard of pay. Where employers break the law, they not only do a disservice to their staff but also undermine fair competition between businesses.
"Regular naming rounds should be a useful tool in raising awareness of underpayment and helping to protect minimum wage workers."
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The minimum wage in Britain recently went up by 9.7 per cent to £10.42 an hour. The minimum wage law applies to all parts of the UK and since 2015, the budget for minimum wage enforcement has doubled with the government having ordered employers to repay over £100 million to 1 million workers.
In Leeds, the five companies named and shamed for not paying workers the minimum wage are:
- 4 Site Security Services Limited, Leeds, LS11, failed to pay £36,388.31 to 170 workers.
- Oulton Hall Hotel Trading Limited - (Liquidation 29/12/20), Leeds, LS26, failed to pay £13,326.97 to 66 workers.
- Delta Park Op Co Limited, Leeds, LS27, failed to pay £3,242.59 to 26 workers.
- Arla Foods Limited, Leeds, LS10, failed to pay £1,916.60 to 14 workers.
- Delta Stratford Manor Op Co Limited, Leeds, LS27, failed to pay £728.77 to 8 workers.
