A BUSINESSMAN from Chipping Norton has been named and shamed after failing to pay more than £6,000 to one of his employees.
More than 90 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named and shamed, Business Minister Nick Boles announced today.
And Matt Jenkins, trading as Matt Jenkins Dressage of Chipping Norton, did not pay £6,184.32 to one worker.
Between them, the 92 UK companies named owed £1,873,712 to their employees.
Business Minister Nick Boles said: "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.
"There is no excuse for not paying staff the wages they’re entitled to.
"Our policy of naming and shaming employers who ignore the law means there are consequences for their reputation as well as their wallets.
"In April we will introduce a new National Living Wage which will mean a pay rise of over £900-a-year 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.
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