Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Monday, 20 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 June 2005. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Thursday, 30 June 2005 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Minimum Wage
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what penalties have been imposed on companies found paying their employees below the minimum wage.
- Answer
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Since the minimum wage was introduced in April 1999 the Inland Revenue have served 133 penalty notices on employers who they found were not paying their workers the minimum wage.A penalty notice imposes a financial penalty equal to twice the hourly amount of the adult minimum wage per worker for each day of non-payment of the minimum wage.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 6631; 435 c1770W
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Companies Enforcement Minimum wage
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- 2013-11-25 10:39:22 +0000
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