Is your employer on this list of Welsh companies that failed to pay minimum wage?
Is your employer on this list of Welsh companies that failed to pay minimum wage?
518 UK employers have been named and shamed for leaving staff members out of pocket
Nearly 60,000 UK workers have been underpaid
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More than 20 Welsh companies have been included on a list of more than 500 UK employers which have failed to pay some of their staff minimum living wage. The Government published the list, which included big names such as Pizza Express, Lidl, British Airways, Prezzo, Halfords and TUI, this afternoon
The Department for Business and Trade discovered almost 60,000 workers were left out of pocket by companies which had underpaid staff for several years, racking up a huge £7.4m.
All the businesses named have since paid their staff back and faced financial penalties of up to 200% of their underpayment. For money-saving tips, sign up to our Money newsletter here .
On the top of the list is one of the government's largest suppliers, Capita, which owed £1.15m to 5,543 workers. Alongside it, dining out giant Pizza Express was outed for failing to pay £760,702 to 8,470 workers.
Full list of Welsh companies on the list
Shuko
Monmouthshire
Buck House Hotel
Wrexham
A.P.C. Panels Ltd
Vale of Glamorgan
Lakeside Day Nursery Limited
Swansea
Maner Hotel
P.B Services Limited
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Sage Hair Care
Filco Supermarkets Limited
Vale of Glamorgan
AFH Ltd
Cardiff
S&S Care Limited
Flintshire
Andrew Milward Joinery
Pembrokeshire
M&C Jones Building Contractors Limited
Denbighshire
MRB Cleaning Limited
Swansea
Mini Me Private Day Nursery Limited
Newport
The Wild Pheasant
Denbighshire
Barry Tyre Centre Limited
Vale of Glamorgan
Holton Road Stores
Vale of Glamorgan
Soughton Shoot Limited
Flintshire
Playworks Childcare Limited
Caerphilly
Classic Decorators (UK) Limited
Vale of Glamorgan
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The Government has encouraged anyone who thinks they may be being underpaid, to check on their website.
Minister for Employment Rights, Justin Madders, warned: "There is no excuse for employers to undercut their workers, and we will continue to name companies who break the law and don't pay their employees what they are owed."
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