Having stuck to its policy to ‘name and shame’ offending firms, the UK government published a list of 260 companies that failed to pay the minimum wage to a combined total of 16,000 workers. In the list made public on 8 December, Primark features as the most prolific offender, with almost 10,000 employees affected. Also on the list was retailer Sports Direct, which will have to pay out more than £1 million to more than 4,000 workers.
The UK government’s ‘name and shame’ list has been published twice a year since 2013 and, after clothing retailer H&M was singled out in 2015 (see article n° 8827), Primark has been named as the worst offender. The clothing giant, owned by Associated British Foods, will have to pay close to £232,000 (€265,341) to reimburse 9,735 workers who did not receive the minimum wage they are legally entitled to. The group’s policy on uniform, which workers are obliged to pay for out of their own pay pac
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