US EditionPizza Express, Lidl and British Airways named by Government for minimum wage failures
- The UK government identified 518 companies, such as Pizza Express, Lidl, and British Airways, for underpaying almost 60,000 employees between 2015 and 2022 by not meeting the minimum wage requirements.
- HM Revenue and Customs investigations revealed these underpayments stemmed from factors like technical errors and inadvertent miscalculations, with some disputes on exact details.
- Pizza Express underpaid 8,470 workers by £760,702 due to a historic technicality from 2012 to 2018, while British Airways underpaid 2,165 cabin crew by £231,276 during initial employment months.
- Minister Justin Madders emphasized that employers must not shortchange their workers and confirmed that the government will impose fines up to twice the amount of wages owed to those found violating payment laws.
- Affected staff have been repaid a combined £7.4 million, and the government aims to ensure fair pay through ongoing naming of noncompliant companies and commitments in its Plan for Change.
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