Ten Lancashire minimum wage offenders named by HMRC

Ten Lancashire companies have been 'named and shamed' by the HMRC as part of its largest ever list of employers that failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage.

As well as recovering arrears for some of the UK’s lowest paid workers, HMRC issued penalties worth around £800,000.

Business minister Margot James said: "Every worker in the UK is entitled to at least the national minimum or living wage and this government will ensure they get it.

Excuses for underpaying workers included using tips to top up pay, docking workers’ wages to pay for their Christmas party and making staff pay for their own uniforms out of their salary. The Lancashire businesses named by HMRC are:

• Glover's Bakery Limited, Preston, failed to pay £11,320.33 to 2 workers
• The Buttonhole, Chorley, failed to pay £9,946.28 to 1 worker
• Northcote Hotel, Blackburn, failed to pay £6,621.82 to 22 workers
• MB Auto Electrics, Southport, failed to pay £4,549.07 to 1 worker
• T Gillibrand (Blackburn) Limited, Blackburn, failed to pay £1,536.18 to 1 worker
• Padiwacks.co.uk Ltd, Burnley, failed to pay £642.78 to 1 worker
• Euro Garages Limited, Blackburn, failed to pay £424.00 to 1 worker
• Morris's of Coppull, Chorley, failed to pay £357.09 to 2 workers
• Community Sport Ltd (trading as Elletson Publishing), Poulton-le-Fylde, failed to pay £175.42 to 2 workers
• Holistic Wellness Limited, Preston, failed to pay £107.26 to 1 worker