Darren FowerNearly 400 companies - including several household names - have been handed penalties for failing to pay the minimum wage!
☕ Costa, 𝗕𝘂𝗽𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 and 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 FC are among the companies named and shamed today for illegally 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴!
Latest Government figures show around 𝟲𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 people were paid less than the legal threshold - with £𝟭𝟮.𝟲𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in penalties dished out to hundreds of firms. On top of that, the companies have been forced to put the underpayments - totalling £𝟳.𝟯𝗺 - right.