10 Best Excuses For Underpaying Staff.
HMRC has published the 10 best excuses used by employers for underpaying their employees i.e. not paying the National Minimum Wage.
On 1st April 2017, the National Minimum Wage (below 25) and the National Living Wage (over 25s) are set to rise to:
Last year, HMRC’s enforcement budget was increased from £13 million to £20 million with more compliance inspectors recruited and this month they published their most ‘bizarre’ excuses to date:
Comment
As employers or employees we have all come across colleagues that are not ‘up to the job’ or ‘swinging the lead’ or always late or absent, there are equally employers who abuse their position and treat hard working employees with contempt.
The law is the law and is there to protect all parties. Minimum wage laws are to protect hard working employees but there are also laws as to how an employer can legitimately follow a disciplinary process to rid themselves of ‘difficult’ employees that do not meet basic standards via training, improvement reviews or ultimately verbal warnings, written warnings and final warnings followed by dismissal.