More than 600 companies underpaid their staff below the minimum wage, according to the government, with a total of £4 million returned to workers.
B&Q and Five Guys were among the firms identified as having paid employees less than the legally required minimum. The government did not provide further details in the supplied material about the individual cases or the amounts linked to each company.
The figures indicate that workers affected by the underpayments have received money owed to them. The government statement did not specify when the investigations took place, how many employees were involved or what led to the breaches.
No responses from B&Q, Five Guys or the other companies were included in the available information. The latest position is that more than 600 businesses have been linked to minimum-wage underpayments and £4 million has been repaid to workers.
