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Major retailer amongst those failing to pay National Minimum Wage

A national retailer has been fined for failing to pay a number of its staff the National Minimum Wage in branches across London.

More than 100 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named and shamed, Business Minister Nick Boles announced today.

Fashion retailer Monsoon Accessorize has been named for neglecting to pay £104,507.83 to 1438 workers in London.

Business Minister Nick Boles said: “Employers that fail to pay the minimum wage hurt the living standards of the lowest paid and their families.

“As a one nation government on the side of working people we are determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage receives it.

“Next April we will introduce a new National Living Wage which will mean a £900-a-year pay rise for someone working full time on the minimum wage and we will enforce this equally robustly.”

On 1 October 2015, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rose to £6.70, and the government has plans to increase this to £7.20 in April next year.

The nine named employers in London are:

• Monsoon Accessorize Ltd, London W11, neglected to pay £104,507.83 to 1438 workers
• Continental Meat Supply Ltd, London SE17, neglected to pay £3,922.59 to 1 worker
• Capital Care Services (UK) Ltd, London E18, neglected to pay £1,298.83 to 2 workers
• Hyde Park Food Ltd, trading as Chicken Valley, London W12, neglected to pay £820.80 to 1 worker
• ENA Ltd, trading as ENA Salon, London WC2B, neglected to pay £492.48 to 1 worker
• Sweetly Stevia (UK) Ltd, London SE16, neglected to pay £227.50 to 1 worker
• Danhouse Security Ltd, London W6, neglected to pay £161.83 to 2 workers
• Bartek Deli Enterprise Ltd, trading as Polmar Supermarket, London W13, neglected to pay £110.50 to 1 worker
• Cribs Estates Ltd, London SW19, neglected to pay £104.32 to 1 worker

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .