Four Welsh employers have been named by the UK Government for failing to pay the minimum wage to their workers. These are among 202 employers across the UK ordered to repay workers. Between them they face penalties of nearly £7m after breaches left 63,000 workers out of pocket.
Welsh companies being named by the government range from hotels to a recruitment firm. One employer failed to pay more than £20,000 to their workers. The offending companies in the UK range in size from small businesses to large multinationals that employ thousands of people across the UK.
In Wales they range from those that employ a handful of staff to one that underpaid more than 200 employees. Across the UK, some household names have been revealed as scrimping on paying staff including Marks & Spencer, Argos, WH Smith, and Lloyds Pharmacy.
