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£6m repaid | Nearly 500 employers named for minimum wage breaches against 42,000 workers

Stacks of fifty pound notes

The Government has named 491 employers for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage, ordering back pay of £6 million for around 42,000 workers and issuing fines totalling £10.2 million.

Big names on the list

Household names feature among those cited. Go Outdoors Retail Limited failed to pay £240,105.62 to 2,058 workers. Centrica PLC, which owns British Gas, failed to pay £167,814.69 to 356 workers. Holland & Barrett Retail Ltd failed to pay £153,079.29 to 2,551 workers.

Other large employers include:

  • Euro Garages Limited (£824,383.62 to 3,317 workers), 

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