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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Activists to question Boohoo on living wage for Leicester garment workers

The offices of fashion company Boohoo in Leicester, UK.
Workers in Leicester factories that supply Boohoo could be owed as much as £125m in underpaid wages, say campaigners. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Boohoo shareholders have rebelled against high pay for executives at the fast fashion group, criticising it for paying “very low” prices to factories making its clothing.

Just over a third of shareholders who voted at the group’s annual meeting on Friday came out against the group’s remuneration report, which revealed that the chief executive, John Lyttle, was paid almost £1.4m last year after he was awarded a generous bonus despite missing targets.

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