Retail giants WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos are among firms who have been “named and shamed” by the Government for breaking the minimum wage law
Retail giants WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos are among firms who have been “named and shamed” by the Government for breaking the minimum wage law. Almost £5million was found to be owed to around 63,000 workers following investigations by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs dating back as far as 2017.
A spokesman for WH Smith said: “Following a review with HMRC in 2019, and in common with a number of retailers, it was brought to our attention that we had misinterpreted how the statutory wage regulations were applied to our uniform policy for staff working in our stores. This was a genuine error and it was rectified immediately, with all colleagues reimbursed in 2019.”
Bryan Sanderson, chairman of the Low Pay Commission, said: “Regular naming rounds should be a useful tool in raising awareness of underpayment and helping to protect minimum wage workers.” In response, an M&S spokesman said: “Like many other organisations, M&S is only named in the list because of an unintentional technical issue from over four years ago. This happened simply because temporary colleagues were not paid within the strict time periods specified in the national minimum wage regulations and was remedied as soon as we became aware of the issue.
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