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Employers in London named and shamed for not paying National Minimum Wage

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GMB London call for Unions to have role in National Minimum Wage Enforcement as 16 employers in London named and shamed for not paying the rate

GMB London says figures could be much higher if unions had a role in exposing non-compliance. GMB believes the problem is too often unreported by workers affected because of the fear they have that they will be fired.

GMB called for unions to have a role in reporting offending employers who fail to pay workers the National Minimum Wage. However, despite a review of the scheme which was published in February 2020 it remains that the onus is on the worker to report underpayment.

Of 139 employers named on the list, 12% were employers in London. The total amount of wage unpaid is £97,632.8, amongst a total of 2,828 workers.

Borough

Name of the Business

Status

Unpaid Wage Amount (£)

Number of Workers Affected

Barking & Dagenham

Adi’s Hand Car Wash Ltd

Dissolved

£7,750.84

2

Barnet

Ben Ong UK Limited

Liquidated

£1,257.12

3

Eat Tokyo Limited

 

£530.83

2

Brent

Anjana Bhog Sweets Limited

Dissolved

£1,020.00

1

City of London

Pinnacle PSG Limited

 

£10,166.03

10

Croydon

Superdrug Stores PLC

 

£15,228.57

2222

Enfield

Trent Park Catering Limited Companies

Active Proposal to Strike off

£1,213.77

10

Haringey

Gzim Workshop Limited Valeting Car wash

 

£2,297.21

3

Natural Nails Beauty London Ltd

 

£15,265.58

4

Lambeth

Sendon Garage Services Limited

 

£24,869.52

2

Lewisham

 

Dessert House on the River Limited

Suspended

£719.10

1

Mr Roan Bradshaw and Ms Joy Bradshaw

 

£3,997.58

1

Redbridge

KKM Enterprises Limited

Liquidated

£2,876.68

4

Tower Hamlets

Jameson Knight Estates Limited

Dissolved

£885.06

2

Westminster

Byron Hamburgers Limited

 

£3,062.03

77

Renard Resources Limited

 

£6,492.95

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Tony Warr, GMB London Region Acting Regional Secretary said:

"GMB welcome the decision of BEIS to resume publication of this list of companies fined for not paying the National Minimum Wage. 

“The current system for enforcement of the National Minimum Wage is that individual employees have to make a complaint direct to HMRC. So, unless they are potentially prepared to put their jobs on the line no complaints can be made.

 “Trades unions like GMB are not allowed to make complaints on behalf of members and their family members. 

“This problem is resulting in widespread under-reporting, as the example of Boohoo suppliers in Leicester clearly demonstrated. See notes to editors below for links to GMB London press release on Boohoo and national minimum wage non-payment. 

“GMB is calling on Government to change the rules so that the union is able to make complaints on behalf of members and family members.  This would step up enforcement in the London and lead to a list longer than 16 employers."

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Contact:

Tony Warr , GMB London Region Acting Regional Secretary 077 1063 1336

Editors notes:

GMB London Region press release 01 10 2020

GMB London - GMB call on government to change enforcement of national minimum wage

Rogue employers named and shamed for failing to pay minimum wage - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)