Businesses named and shamed by government for not paying minimum wage

It’s not unknown for small, family owned businesses to pay members of the family low rates so that they can then claim benefits.

I think it would be interesting to see the profits (and/or the salaries drawn by the people running the businesses) next to the figures about how little they pay their staff. It's one thing for a struggling company to pay low wages if the owners are poorly paid too, and another for people to exploit staff whilst being well paid themselves. Both are breaking the law if they pay below NMW, but there is a moral difference, I think.

I live in London and a local restaurant was caught paying some staff with food!

Galaxy

Day nurseries frequently have young staff who work very long hours, and who have not great access to training, it is to be honest not the way to provide quality childcare. This is not the case for all nurseries obviously but their inclusion on this list doesn't surprise me.

I totally get what you're saying Galaxy, and im not surprised either, but where nurseries are concerned the government has to take some of the blame for not giving the settings sufficient funding.

Holland and Barrett were bought by a Russian oligarch some years ago.

Never buy anything from there.

This is a very interesting list. Seems it is countrywide- seen a couple not far from me, obviously businesses on the brink.
This is an excellent idea though- a decent day's pay for a decent day's work.

My daughter used to work part time for a (chain) shoe shop when she was a student. There she was expected to go in after work for team meetings - even on days she wasn't working. She would have to get taxis to attend sometimes and wasn't even paid for the time worked.

I think young people are often exploited. She knew this was wrong but it fitted very well with her A levels and later university work so after complaining a few times she mainly put up with it because otherwise she was happy there. 🤷‍♂️

I read that being expected to go through long procedures to get ready for a shift should be paid as well as training hours if done online are home.
Apparently Holland and Barrett was guilty of this for some years and they say they have paid up now.

Day nurseries frequently have young staff who work very long hours, and who have not great access to training, it is to be honest not the way to provide quality childcare. This is not the case for all nurseries obviously but their inclusion on this list doesn't surprise me.

And that's the way yo do it. Go elsewhere.

A really upmarket Italian restaurant in Hale, Cheshire (we’ve only been once - a special celebration) was recently fined £80,000 (lawyers mitigated it down from £120k) for hiring a chef (4 years) and 2 other kitchen staff (one a year, one 4 months) after officials entered the premises. Think footballers & minor celebs. The chef outstayed his temporary visa. The restaurant was paying ‘cash in hand, no questions asked’.

“We based it on trust” said a spokesperson for the restaurant.
Yeh right.

It was in our local newspaper. How embarrassing for that high end business. Friends of ours who used to go fairly regularly, say they will no longer go.

NotSpaghetti

I see there's a lot of day nurseries and homecare services.

I was just about to note that, too.

It's quite a list, isn't it?

What about the ones which employ teams of illegal immigrants? One home carer said she was receiving £3 per hour!

A roll call of dishonour.

And quite a few breweries/pubs...
Lots of local newspapers have picked this up and listed the businesses in their area.

I see there's a lot of day nurseries and homecare services.