Reveal cheapskate bosses avoiding minimum wage, demands TUC

The pressure to enforce the minimum wage must be kept up to reveal “cheapskate bosses” according to a new report.

The findings from the TUC found that whilst most employers are happy to pay up, a minority have developed a wide range of scams to avoid doing so.

These include under-recording hours, bogus self-employment, misusing interns and volunteers, charging for uniforms, not paying for travel between work sites during the working day, clocking workers off when there are no customers in the store or cafe, and employers vanishing to avoid minimum wage fines only to reappear under another name.