GMB call for union role following list of underpaying employers in East of England
GMB call for union role as 17 employers in East of England are named and shamed for underpaying minimum wage workers
Non-compliance with the terms of the national minimum wage as well as the national living wage is more widespread than people think, say GMB London
GMB have called for a union role in reporting underpayment following the naming and shaming of 17 underpaying employers in East of England. A press release from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, has listed 179 employers across the UK that have underpaid thousands of minimum wage workers. [See notes to editors for copy of BEIS release]
The employers have been found underpaying 9,200 workers over £1.1 million. The companies found guilty of underpaying have been fined £1.3 million on top of the full backpay. The report from BEIS comes before the minimum wage rates rise on 1 April from £7.50 to £7.83 per hour.
Companies named and shamed whose trading address is in the East of England include; Marriott Hotels Limited, who failed to pay £71,722.93 to 279 workers; Thursday (UK) Limited, trading as TGI Friday's, who failed to pay £59,347.64 to 2,302 workers; Witham Hand Car Wash Ltd, who failed to pay £10,051.99 to 6 workers; SSL Foodservice Ltd, trading as SSL Dairies, who failed to pay £3,576.88 to 8 workers; and Box & Charnock Limited, who failed to pay £3,387.55 to 1 worker.
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Name of Employer |
Local Authority (employer trading address) |
Arrears |
No of workers |
|
East of England (employer trading address) |
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Marriott Hotels Limited |
Luton |
£71,723 |
279 |
|
Thursday (UK) Limited |
Luton |
£59,348 |
2,302 |
|
Witham Hand Car Wash Ltd |
Braintree |
£10,052 |
6 |
|
SSL Foodservice Ltd |
Luton |
£3,577 |
8 |
|
Box & Charnock Limited |
Bedford |
£3,388 |
1 |
|
Busy Bee Montessori Nursery School Limited |
Forest Heath |
£2,488 |
19 |
|
SBDP1 Limited |
Great Yarmouth |
£2,275 |
67 |
|
Stef and Stan Ltd |
St Albans |
£1,901 |
2 |
|
Holbrook Academy |
Babergh |
£1,862 |
2 |
|
Rootcroft Limited |
Southend-on-Sea |
£1,774 |
13 |
|
Fast Car wash Ltd |
Basildon |
£1,444 |
3 |
|
ADI Hand Car Wash Ltd |
Epping Forest |
£1,305 |
6 |
|
Plaistow Broadway Filling Stations Limited |
Basildon |
£536 |
1 |
|
Moulsham Residential Home (Chelmsford) Limited |
Chelmsford |
£475 |
2 |
|
Blaxills Fitted Furniture Limited |
St Albans |
£472 |
1 |
|
Hales Group Limited |
Peterborough |
£285 |
6 |
|
Mr Tino Cernera |
Dacorum |
£184 |
2 |
Warren Kenny, GMB London Regional Secretary said:
"Non-compliance with the terms of the national minimum wage as well as the national living wage is more widespread than people think as these results for employers named and shamed show.
“GMB has persistently called for unions to be given the right to be able to report cases of underpayment to HMRC so that workers can remain out of the limelight and therefore reduce the risks of exposing themselves to threats of retaliation.
“So far this call has fallen on deaf ears. GMB will continue to press for this change."
ENDS
Contact: Tony Warr 07710 631 336 or Dave Powell 07710 631 349 or GMB Press Office 07970 114 762
Notes to Editors
Press release from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (9 March 2018)
