HUNDREDS of businesses including
Firms from sole traders to household names were ordered to repay 63,000 staff lost wages totalling close to £5m, after breaching National Minimum Wage (NMW) law.
Supermarket and clothing retailer M&S failed to pay more than 5,000 employees almost £580,000, while Argos, owned by Sainsbury's, repaid over 10,000 workers over £480,000.
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Small business minister
The 202 businesses were cumulatively fined a further £7m, payable to
HMRC, in what ministers said was a "clear message from government that no employer is exempt".
A spokesperson for
Spokespersons for Sainsbury's and M&S said similar, with the former citing "a payroll error" and the latter "an unintentional technical issue" taking place over four years ago.
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