Monsoon named worst offender on government's minimum wage shame list
Clothing and accessories retailer Monsoon has been named as the worst offender in the Government’s ranking of the more than 100 UK employers who failed to pay staff the minimum wage.
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Monsoon Accessorize owes a total of 1438 workers a combined £104,507.83, according to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Overall, 115 companies in sectors including hairdressing, retail, education, catering and social care neglected to pay £389,000 in wages.
The hairdressing industry was also singled out for a campaign to improve compliance and “drive voluntary behavioural change”.
The minimum wage is currently £6.70 an hour for over 21s. From April next year, that sum will rise to £7.20 for those over 25 under George Osborne’s National Living Wage scheme. It will hit £9 an hour in 2020.
The government has been naming and shaming firms breaking the rules since 2013.
The effort has exposed 400 employers that were in arrears of almost £1.2 million and seen £513,000 in fines imposed.
Business Minister Nick Boles said: “Employers that fail to pay the minimum wage hurt the living standards of the lowest paid and their families.”
Read the full list of named and shamed employers here