Two Nottingham companies which in total failed to pay more than £300,000 to their employees have been named. The Department for Business and Trade on Wednesday, June 21, "named and shamed" two businesses based in the city after they did not pay staff the legal minimum wage, which is £10.42 per hour for people older than 23-years-old.
The businesses have since paid back what they owe to their staff and have also faced financial penalties, the department said. The investigations by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs into the firms concluded between 2017 and 2019 - the Department for Business and Trade adding not all underpayments were intentional.
The employers previously underpaid workers by either deducting pay from workers’ wages, failing to pay workers correctly for their working time, or paying the incorrect apprenticeship rate. Buzz Group Limited, which runs a nationwide network of Bingo clubs, had the fifth highest underpayment to staff out of of 202 employers named across the UK.
