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Big brands such as Pret, McColls, John Lewis and Welcome Break are among hundreds of firms named and shamed by the Government for failing to pay workers the minimum wage. A new Gov.uk paper has today listed 191 UK companies which broke the law on the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage between 2011 and 2018. In total, more than £2.1million was owed to circa 34,000 workers. The report claimed 47% of named firms wrongly deducted pay from workers’ wages, including for uniform and expenses. A further 30% failed to pay workers for all the time they had worked, such as when they worked overtime, and 19% were found to have paid the incorrect apprenticeship rate. Named employers have since been made to pay back what they owed, the Government said, and were fined an additional £3.2million. Big brands ‘named and shamed’ Among the “named and shamed” businesses were food chain Pret A Manger, where 33 workers missed out on a combined £9,679.91. The BBC reported that the company had since made the required payments to staff and HMRC, adding that its team members had opted to use some of their salary in exchange for childcare vouchers. A spokesperson
