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Almost 200 employers who failed to pay their workers the legal minimum have been publicly named, Business Minister Margot James announced today (11 August 2016).

Between them, the 197 companies named owed 拢465,291 in arrears, across a range of employers including football clubs, hotels, care homes and hairdressers. All of the money owed to these workers has been paid back to them.

Since the scheme was introduced in October 2013, 687 employers have been named and shamed, with total arrears of more than 拢3.5 million.

Business Minister Margot James said:

This government is determined to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.

That means making sure everyone gets paid the wages they are owed 鈥� including our new, higher, National Living Wage. It is not acceptable that some employers fail to pay at least the minimum wage their workers are entitled to.

So we鈥檒l continue to crack down on those who ignore the law, including by naming and shaming them.

The National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and over was introduced in April this year, which has meant a pay rise of more than 拢900-a-year for someone previously working full time on the National Minimum Wage. For workers under the age of 25, the National Minimum Wage still applies.

It is an employer鈥檚 responsibility to be aware of the different minimum wage rates depending on the circumstances of their workers 鈥� and to make sure all eligible workers are paid at least the minimum rate they are entitled to.

The National Living Wage will be enforced equally robustly alongside the National Minimum Wage.

The 197 employers named today (11 August 2016) are:

1. San Lorenzo Ltd, Wimbledon, London, owed 拢99,541.98 to 30 workers
2. Premier Recruitment Ltd, Derby, owed 拢34,797.33 to 424 workers
3. Regis UK Ltd, Coventry, owed 拢25,712.19 to 604 workers
4. RD Resourcing Ltd, Eastleigh, Hampshire, owed 拢14,350.00 to 122 workers
5. TM West Plumbing 天美影院 Ltd, Leeds, owed 拢12,617.76 to 2 workers
6. Mr Ronald McConnachie, trading as Bay Newsagents, Weymss Bay, Renfrewshire, owed 拢12,527.97 to 3 workers
7. SLW Ltd, trading as Sycamore Care Centre, Sunderland, owed 拢10,212.05 to 98 workers
8. Kushi Care Ltd, Leicester, owed 拢9,726.23 to 46 workers
9. Busy Bee Nursery (Newport-on-Tay) Ltd, trading as Little Beehive Nursery, Fife, owed 拢9,065.14 to 7 workers
10. Omega Proteins Ltd, Halifax, owed 拢8,977.51 to 5 workers
11. Mr Moo鈥檚 Family Butchers Ltd, Billingham, Cleveland, owed 拢7,371.25 to 4 workers
12. Rice Chamberlains Estate Agents Ltd, Birmingham, owed 拢6,580.63 to 3 workers
13. Black Swan (Yorkshire) Ltd trading as The Black Swan Hotel, Hemsley, Yorkshire, owed 拢5,836.66 to 10 workers
14. Michael Holmes, trading as Fitzroy Builders, Newtownards, County Down, owed 拢5,371.76 to 2 workers
15. Voyage 1 Ltd, Lichfield, Staffordshire, owed 拢5,337.73 to 3 workers
16. Minee Monkeys Ltd (previously Mini Monkeys Ltd), Oldbury, owed 拢5,209.96 to 1 worker
17. Haven Care Ltd, Ilford, owed 拢4,695.89 to 101 workers
18. Mr Ray Macfarlane, trading as Rays Auto Custom 天美影院, Blackburn, owed 拢4,396.74 to 2 workers
19. Catering Academy Ltd, Tamworth, Staffordshire, owed 拢4,220.48 to 1 worker
20. A & G Precision & Sons Ltd, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, owed 拢3,723.24 to 1 worker
21. Azafran Ltd trading as Bluebird Care (Coleraine), Coleraine, owed 拢3,707.92 to 67 workers
22. Woods Hair Ltd, trading as Chapters Hair Design, Witney, Oxfordshire, owed 拢3,676.87 to 1 worker
23. Mr Keith Smith & Mrs Lynda Smith, trading as KLS Electrical Contracting, Goole, East Yorkshire, owed 拢3,619.70 to 1 worker
24. SPRIM V.P.I Limited, London, SW1V, owed 拢3,543.44 to 1 worker
25. Mr Prakas Kitto, trading as Kash鈥檚 Off Licence, Spennymoor, County Durham, owed 拢3,445.88 to 1 worker
26. Topstaff Employment Ltd, Glasgow, owed 拢3,355.25 to 20 workers
27. Playdays Daycare Nursery Ltd, Bolton, owed 拢3,277.04 to 1 worker
28. Mr Ben Wilkins and Mr Harry Williamson, trading as BHW Property Solutions, Bedford, owed 拢2,933.48 to 1 worker
29. Castle Carpets Ltd, Shrewsbury, owed 拢2,898.12 to 1 worker
30. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Limited, Brighton, owed 拢2,861.64 to 1 worker
31. KAB Development & Construction Ltd, Sandbach, Cheshire, owed 拢2,815.51 to 1 worker
32. Mr Nicholas & Mrs Christina Winstone-Partridge, trading as Wholesale Autoparts, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, owed 拢2,691.73 to 1 worker
33. Pine View Care Homes Ltd, trading as Royal Manor Nursing Home, Derby, owed 拢2,620.45 to 1 worker
34. Silverdale Care Homes Ltd, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, owed 拢2,590.99 to 1 worker
35. Mrs Margaret Pink, trading as Gems Childcare, Croydon, owed 拢2,558.80 to 4 workers
36. UK Education Providers Ltd, Romford, owed 拢2,494.83 to 2 workers
37. Ro-Ro Restaurants Ltd, trading as Oldfields Noted Eating House, Durham, owed 拢2,463.98 to 3 workers
38. Betterstaff Industrial & Commercial Recruitment Limited, Sidcup, Kent, owed 拢2,441.92 to 23 workers
39. Bambinos Ltd, Plymouth, owed 拢2,381.97 to 58 workers
40. Prestwood Motors Ltd, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, owed 拢2,375.00 to 1 worker
41. G C Motors Ltd, Harrogate, owed 拢2,328.83 to 2 workers
42. Flavourfresh Salads Ltd, Southport, Merseyside, owed 拢2,154.94 to 3 workers
43. Mr Chi Kin Cheng, trading as The Modern Chinese Takeaway, Derby, owed 拢2,124.58 to 1 worker
44. Macdonalds Hotels & Resorts Ltd, Bathgate, West Lothian, owed 拢2,123.10 to 6 workers
45. Paper Innovation Ltd, Preston, owed 拢2,024.82 to 4 workers
46. Hairstopper Limited, Ayr, owed 拢2,021.07 to 2 workers
47. Ms Susanna Ross, trading as Susanna鈥檚 Hair & Beauty, Ayr, owed 拢2,013.22 to 1 worker
48. Messrs Robert Goodwin & Paul Coxhead, trading as Instant 天美影院 (Domestic Appliances), Rochester, Kent, owed 拢1,978.68 to 1 worker
49. K Construction (Scotland) Ltd, Edinburgh, owed 拢1,916.61 to 2 workers
50. The Buck Project Ltd, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, owed 拢1,915.15 to 1 worker
51. Philips Hair Salons Ltd, Wakefield, owed 拢1,904.00 to 4 workers
52. The Hobbs Hairdressing Partnership Ltd, trading as Hobbs Hairdressing, Bristol, owed 拢1,883.90 to 2 workers
53. Mr Snippers Ltd, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, owed 拢1,867.54 to 1 worker
54. Newlay Civil Engineering Ltd, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, owed 拢1,860.60 to 1 worker
55. Mr Ronald Archibald Mutton and Mrs Sandra Anne Mutton, trading as A1 Plumbing & Heating, Oxford, owed 拢1,834.13 to 1 worker
56. Cheasty Ltd, trading as Papa Johns, Edinburgh, EH8, owed 拢1,811.33 to 19 workers
57. Mr Darren Harding & Mrs Amy Harding, trading as The Wheatsheaf, Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, owed 拢1,792.69 to 2 workers
58. Mrs Elizabeth Richardson, trading as Poppies, Durham, owed 拢1,772.13 to 23 workers
59. Mrs Sheena Lyttel, trading as Pamela Clair, Derby, owed, 拢1,699.01 to 1 worker
60. AA Dispatch (UK) Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk, owed 拢1,669.41 to 1 worker
61. Mrs Jeanette Mullen, trading as Fleetcare, Bristol, owed 拢1,665.38 to 1 worker
62. Mr Carl Smith, trading as Nottingham & District Gun Club, Oxton, Nottinghamshire, owed 拢1,635.03 to 2 workers
63. Gwynedd Electrical Contractors Ltd, Anglesey, owed 拢1,625.92 to 1 worker
64. McLeod Hotels Ltd, trading as Beechwood Close Hotel, York, owed 拢1,526.20 to 13 workers
65. Small Talk Nurseries Ltd, Birmingham, owed 拢1,499.30 to 10 workers
66. Preston Flowers Limited, Preston, owed 拢1,493.40 to 1 worker
67. A1 Independent British 4x4 Specialists Ltd, Bury, Lancashire, owed 拢1,422.44 to 1 worker
68. High Peak Hospicecare, Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire, owed 拢1,363.13 to 1 worker
69. Avanti Express Ltd, Hyde, Greater Manchester, owed 拢1,300.16 to 1 worker
70. Mr Mark Leicester & Mrs Elizabeth Leicester, trading as Yorkshire Chimney Supplies, Harrogate, owed 拢1,264.76 to 1 worker
71. Mr Thomas Till and Mrs Pauline Till, trading as Misters of Stafford, owed 拢1,254.76 to 1 worker
72. Huddlebuy Ltd, London, EC4V, owed 拢1,236.88 to 1 worker
73. Mitie Property 天美影院 (UK) Ltd, Bristol, owed 拢1,226.37 to 1 worker
74. Airspeed Tyres & Exhaust Ltd, Ipswich, owed 拢1,198.75 to 1 worker
75. The Dinner Bell Ltd, trading as The Chequers, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, owed 拢1,190.68 to 1 workers
76. Mobile Buddy Ltd, Swansea, owed 拢1,162.77 to 1 worker
77. Mrs Rebecca Hodges & Mr Rob Hodges, trading as Flame Hair Studios, Towcester, Northamptonshire, owed 拢1,146.46 to 2 workers
78. Miss Olivia Smith, trading as The Cutting Rooms, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, owed 拢1,132.65 to 1 worker
79. Crown Care II LLP, North Shields, owed 拢1,129.74 to 60 workers
80. Mr Richard Harris and Mrs Myrtle Harris, trading as Honiton Garage, Honiton, Devon, owed 拢1,121.55 to 1 worker
81. Universal Care 天美影院 (UK) Ltd, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, owed 拢1,085.93 to 7 workers
82. Sunnybank Day Nursery Ltd, Leeds, owed 拢1,083.45 to 2 workers
83. Formby Hall Golf Club Ltd, trading as Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa, Formby, Merseyside, owed 拢1,047.00 to 1 worker
84. Sine Hair & Beauty Salon Ltd, Glasgow, owed 拢1,027.65 to 1 worker
85. JR鈥檚 Hairdressing Ltd, Glasgow, owed 拢1,000.16 to 2 workers
86. Ms Lorna Bainbridge, trading as Passion 4 Hair and Beauty, Stockton-on-Tees, owed 拢997.45 to 2 workers
87. Three Points Limited, Bristol, owed 拢972.64 to 1 worker
88. Mrs Rosemary Wight, trading as AJ鈥橲 Hair & Beauty Salon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, owed 拢972.41 to 1 worker
89. Ryce Limited, Fife, owed 拢935.96 to 1 worker
90. Sanctuary Home Care Ltd, Worcester, owed 拢918.65 to 1 worker
91. Interserve FS (UK) Ltd, Dudley, owed 拢894.03 to 4 workers
92. Forest Gate (Corby) Ltd, Corby, Northamptonshire, owed 拢878.57 to 4 workers
93. William Priestley Salon Ltd, Halifax, owed 拢830.69 to 1 worker
94. SGUK Limited, Wolverhampton, owed 拢809.66 to 1 worker
95. Mr Steven Jenkins, trading as Rock Salt Caf茅 & Brasserie, Plymouth, owed 拢779.00 to 2 workers
96. Edward Marshall LLP, Chelmsford, Essex, owed 拢776.50 to 1 worker
97. Lifestyle (Abbey Care) Ltd, Richmond, North Yorkshire, owed 拢775.12 to 1 worker
98. Automaster (South Wales) Ltd, Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan, owed 拢770.56 to 1 worker
99. Thomson ID Ltd, trading as Austen Thomson Hair, Edinburgh, owed 拢759.32 to 1 worker
100. Mead Medical 天美影院 Ltd, trading as Lydiafield Care Home, Annan, owed 拢741.67 to 13 workers
101. Ms Sue Newton, trading as Play 2 Learn Day Nursery, Northampton, owed 拢735.48 to 1 worker
102. Brick Peers Ltd, Wells, Somerset, owed 拢735.25 to 1 worker
103. McKinlays Lettings Crewkerne Ltd, Crewkerne, Somerset, owed 拢713.18 to 1 worker
104. Temple Doors Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, owed 拢674.98 to 1 worker
105. Mr Harpinder Singh Dhamu, trading as Holloway Dental Practice, London, N7, owed 拢671.37 to 1 worker
106. Mr David Curran and Mrs Deborah Curran, trading as Gazeley Stud, Newmarket, Suffolk, owed 拢646.20 to 1 worker
107. Devon Dogs Ltd, Okehampton, Devon, owed 拢638.49 to 1 worker
108. Legal Claimline Ltd, Manchester, owed 拢612.49 to 1 worker
109. Fisher & Donaldson (St Andrews), Cupar, Fife, owed 拢574.32 to 6 workers
110. U K P Leisure Club, Sittingbourne, Kent, owed 拢566.62 to 1 worker
111. Olyness Ltd, trading as The New Westmere Day Nursery, Blackpool, owed 拢561.96 to 1 worker
112. Ms Alison Vallance, trading as Vallance Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed 拢547.20 to 1 worker
113. Murdock Ltd, London, WC2H, owed 拢546.00 to 1 worker
114. Krystal Dry Cleaners Ltd, London, SW16, owed 拢544.46 to 1 worker
115. Blackpool Football Club, Blackpool, owed 拢517.88 to 1 worker
116. Mr Alex Okolidoh & Mrs Victoria Okolidoh, trading as Elite Property Solutions, Norwich, owed 拢511.20 to 1 worker
117. Crown Care IV Ltd, North Shields, owed 拢505.86 to 25 workers
118. 247 Home Rescue Ltd (Named changed to 123 SRS Limited), Accrington, Lancashire, owed 拢493.05 to 1 worker
119. Collective Apparel Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, owed 拢487.34 to 1 worker
120. Mr Robert Louis Craig, trading as Craigs Courier 天美影院, Falkirk, owed 拢484.90 to 1 worker
121. Shiners Property 天美影院 Ltd, London, E14, owed 拢481.36 to 1 worker
122. Earn Extra 139 Ltd, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, owed 拢453.48 to 1 worker
123. Morleigh Ltd, trading as Tregertha Court Residential Care Home, Looe, Cornwall, owed 拢447.98 to 1 worker
124. Ebina Ltd, trading as Ebi Sushi, Derby, owed 拢447.97 to 4 workers
125. Dove鈥檚 Nest Ltd, Manchester, owed 拢439.37 to 19 workers
126. Zeus Enterprise Ltd, trading as Yieldify, London, EC3R, owed 拢421.93 to 1 worker
127. Ms Tina Hamlin, trading as Mad Hatters, Orpington, Kent, owed 拢418.73 to 3 workers
128. Elite Complete Property 天美影院 Ltd, Plymouth, owed 拢414.85 to 1 worker
129. M. J. Electrical. 天美影院. Ltd., Swansea, owed 拢410.00 to 1 worker
130. Toni Saade Ltd, trading as Toni Saade Hair Salon, Newmarket, Suffolk, owe 拢404.64 to 1 worker
131. Salim Uddin Khan, trading as Top Tread Tyres, Exhaust & MOT Centre, High Wycombe, owed 拢402.25 to 1 worker
132. Music Junkie Ltd, Leicester, owed 拢396.85 to 1 worker
133. Mr Kevin Boyd, trading as Billion Hair, Wigan, owed 拢396.07 to 1 worker
134. Scope, London, N7, owed 拢394.28 to 1 worker
135. Legends (Redditch) Ltd, trading as Legends Hair & Beauty Salon, Worcester owed 拢393.14 to 3 workers
136. Suzy Mcs Corporate Catering Ltd, Coventry, owed 拢392.18 to 1 worker
137. Simply Auto Enrolment Solutions Ltd, Bury, Lancashire, owed 拢390.00 to 1 worker
138. Care and Support Shop Ltd, London, E13, owed 拢389.74 to 28 workers
139. Contact Industrial Recruitment Ltd, Urmston, Manchester, owed 拢378.77 to 64 workers
140. Mr Stephen Wallace, trading as The Lunatic Fringe, Canterbury, owed 拢377.48 to 1 worker
141. Pasture Wood Fisheries Ltd, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, owed 拢373.95 to 3 workers
142. Hollywood Plant 天美影院 Ltd, Walsall, owed 拢372.41 to 1 worker
143. Terracotta Foods Ltd, trading as Freddy鈥檚 Chicken & Pizza, Northampton, owed 拢370.80 to 1 worker
144. Your Electrical Supplies 天美影院 & Solutions (A) Ltd, Normanton, West Yorkshire, owed 拢369.88 to 2 workers
145. SLRS Ltd, trading as Stealth Security, Southampton, owed 拢366.26 to 1 worker
146. Industrial Medical Agency Ltd, Bradford, owed 拢365.37 to 1 worker
147. Le Nantais Bistro (Hove) Ltd, Brighton, owed 拢362.44 to 1 worker
148. Trident Design and Build Ltd, Warwick, owed 拢360.35 to 2 workers
149. Jackson Dairies Ltd, Stockport, owed 拢355.90 to 3 workers
150. Stephen Johnstone & Son Funeral Directors, Chester, owed 拢347.05 to 1 worker
151. Motorbody Accident Repair Centre Ltd, Ambleside, Cumbria, owed 拢338.27 to 1 worker
152. Beezy Beez Day Nursery Ltd, Leicester, owed 拢334.26 to 1 worker
153. Manchester Super Store (Rusholme) Ltd, Manchester, owed 拢315.50 to 1 worker
154. Lakhani Holdings Ltd, trading as Munro Pharmacy, London, E13, owed 拢312.00 to 1 worker
155. The Personnel People Ltd, Norwich, owed 拢298.58 to 15 workers
156. Smart Cool Ltd, Hull, owed 拢294.71 to 1 worker
157. Kent Coach Travel Ltd, Sheerness, owed 拢294.51 to 1 worker
158. Arcadia Care Ltd, Birmingham, owed, 拢286.00 to 1 worker
159. B2B Engage Ltd, Bracknell, owed 拢282.00 to 1 worker
160. Sollertia Limited, Newton Le Willows, Merseyside, owed 拢271.95 to 1 worker
161. Mrs Ruth Elizabeth Goff & Mrs Enid Elizabeth Butt, trading as Cotswold Equine Training, Burford, Oxfordshire, owed 拢268.72 to 1 worker
162. Benkaz Ltd, Shotts, Lanarkshire, owed 拢266.71 to 1 worker
163. Kinza Beauty Lounge Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, owed 拢258.30 to 1 worker
164. Care 4 U 天美影院 (Lincs) Ltd, Lincoln, owed 拢257.27 to 1 worker
165. Mr Anthony Shields, trading as 2CV City, Bradford, owed 拢252.46 to 1 worker
166. Purple Pig Middlesbrough Ltd, Middlesbrough, owed 拢226.00 to 1 worker
167. Fury Murry鈥檚 (Paisley) Ltd, Paisley, owed 拢216.14 to 1 worker
168. Greene King Retail 天美影院 Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, owed 拢211.89 to 1 worker
169. Consummate Care UK Ltd, Coventry, owed 拢201.36 to 1 worker
170. Professional Print Finishing 天美影院 Limited, London, N18, owed 拢198.25 to 1 worker
171. Supreme (UK) Ltd, Woking, owed 拢197.41 to 1 worker
172. Dimples Riverside Day Nursery Ltd, Middlesbrough, owed 拢195.23 to 5 workers
173. Poundstretcher Ltd, Huddersfield, owed 拢182.94 to 2 workers
174. Wood & Co (Leicester) Ltd, Leicester, owed 拢179.17 to 1 worker
175. Pomodoro 1 Ltd, Bewdley, Worcestershire, owed 拢177.64 to 2 workers
176. Mr Isni Balija, trading as Letchworth Hand Car Wash, Letchworth Garden City, owed 拢173.33 to 1 worker
177. Euro Dental Laboratory 天美影院 Ltd, Chorley, owed 拢173.00 to 1 worker
178. Plum Buffets Ltd, Coventry, owed 拢156.00 to 1 worker
179. Safe Night Security Ltd, Sunderland, owed 拢156.00 to 1 worker
180. Miss Alison Margaret Smith, trading as AMS Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed 拢150.00 to 2 workers
181. Food n Tipple Ltd, Bolton, owed 拢148.28 to 1 worker
182. Biton System Consultants Ltd, Chelmsford, Essex, owed 拢145.00 to 1 worker
183. Shepherdess Caf茅 Ltd, London, EC14, owed 拢141.70 to 1 worker
184. Beau Visage Beauty Ltd, Manchester, owed 拢141.00 to 1 worker
185. Assist Homecare (Scotland) Ltd, Stevenston, Ayrshire, owed 拢134.21 to 1 worker
186. TS Developments Ltd, trading as Imperial Workforce, Darlington, owed 拢130.30 to 12 workers
187. Lifeline Homecare Ltd, Frome, Somerset, owed 拢130.02 to 3 workers
188. IPizza UK Ltd, trading as IPizza, London, W3, owed 拢130.00 to 1 worker
189. Nu U 2 Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, owed 拢125.57 to 1 worker
190. Quest Cleaning 天美影院 Ltd, Staverton, Wiltshire, owed 拢125.13 to 1 worker
191. My Home Choice (Essex) Ltd, trading as Bluebird Care Colchester, Colchester, owed 拢120.53 to 1 worker
192. L M Bubble Tea Ltd, trading as Mooboo, Liverpool, owed 拢117.19 to 1 worker
193. Newline Care Home Ltd, Bradford, owed 拢116.31 to 1 worker
194. Peppermint UK Foods Ltd, trading as Subway, Brentwood, owed 拢107.20 to 1 worker
195. Miss Despina Glykeriou and Mrs Jane Waldrum, trading as P W W Ice Cream Supplies, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, owed 拢106.72 to 1 worker
196. Micro Fitness Ltd, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, owed 拢104.93 to 1 worker
197. Silenster Building 天美影院 Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk, owed 拢103.48 to 1 worker

The naming and shaming scheme was revised in October 2013 to make it simpler to name and shame employers that do not comply with minimum wage rules. The 197 cases named today (11 August 2016) were thoroughly investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Businesses or employees who would like to find out more about the National Minimum Wage should visit .

Notes to editors

1.Employers have a duty to be aware of the different legal rates for the National Minimum Wage. The current minimum wage rates are:

• National Living Wage (25 years and over) - 拢7.20 per hour
• adult rate of National Minimum Wage (21 years and over) - 拢6.70 per hour
• 18 to 20-year olds - 拢5.30 per hour
• 16 to 17-year olds - 拢3.87 per hour
• apprentice rate - 拢3.30 per hour

The apprentice rate applies to apprentices aged 16 to 18 years and those aged 19 years and over who are in their first year. All other apprentices are entitled to the National Minimum Wage rate for their age.

2.The government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) scheme to name employers who break minimum wage law came into effect on 1 January 2011. The scheme is one of a range of tools at the government鈥檚 disposal to tackle this issue. Employers who pay workers less than the minimum wage not only have to pay back arrears of wages at current minimum wage rates but also face financial penalties of up to 拢20,000 per worker. In the most serious cases employers can be prosecuted.

3.From 1 October 2013 the government revised the naming scheme to make it simpler to name and shame employers who break the law. Under this scheme the government will name all employers that have been issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NoU) unless employers meet one of the exceptional criteria or have arrears of 拢100 or less. All 197 cases named today (11 August 2016) failed to pay the National Minimum Wage and owed arrears of at least 拢100.

4.Employers have 28 days to appeal to HMRC against the NoU (this notice sets out the owed wages to be paid by the employer together with the penalty for not complying with minimum wage law). If the employer does not appeal or unsuccessfully appeals against this NoU, BEIS will consider them for naming. The employer then has 14 days to make representations to BEIS outlining whether they meet any of the exceptional criteria:

• naming by BEIS carries a risk of personal harm to an individual or their family
• there are national security risks associated with naming in this instance
• other factors which suggest that it would not be in the public interest to name the employer

If BEIS does not receive any representations or the representations received are unsuccessful, the employer will be named via a BEIS press release under this scheme.

5.For further advice on the National Minimum Wage, contact

6.On 1 April 2016 the government鈥檚 new National Living Wage became law. Workers aged 25 years or over who are not in the first year of an apprenticeship are legally entitled to at least 拢7.20 per hour. Employers will be responsible for ensuring they are paying their staff correctly. The National Living Wage will be enforced in the same way as the current National Minimum Wage.