The Welsh employers who failed to pay minimum wage

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Nine employers in Wales underpaid the minimum wage.

Overall the Government has identified £1.7million in back pay for 16,000 workers.

260 employers have been named and fined a total of £1.3million for underpaying National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.

In Wales, back pay was identified in nine employers, amounting to £11,000 in arrears, £9,000 in penalties, affecting 14 workers.

The employers in Wales are as follows.

  • Cleaning firm Total Site Maintenance, which is based in Port Talbot, for failing to pay £3,176.62 to 127 workers.

  • Car dealership Ron Skinner & Sons Ltd, based in Tredegar, for failing to pay £863.50 to two workers.

  • Rothwell & Robertson Ltd trading as Ye Olde Bull's Head Inn, Anglesey, for failing to pay £627.53 to one worker.

  • Building and maintenance firm Men At Work (Wales) Ltd, based in Conwy, for failing to pay £310.80 to one worker.

  • Schoolhouse Daycare Ltd, trading as Swansea DVLA Schoolhouse Daycare, in Swansea, for failing to pay £125.37 to one worker.

  • Stephen Gomes trading as Indian restaurant Moksh in Cardiff, for failing to pay £263.22 to two workers.

  • Martin Brindley Station Cars, in Wrexham, for failing to pay £5,303.74 to one worker.

  • Vale Holiday Parks Ltd, Ceredigion, for failing to pay £213.38 to two workers.

  • Brynamman One Stop Limited SA18 Wales Neath Port Talbot 47300 Retail £1,252.76

Retail, hospitality and hairdressing were the most prolific sectors named in this round. Common reasons for errors made include: failing to pay workers travelling between jobs, deducting money for pay for uniforms and not paying for overtime.

The current living wage's are:

National Living Wage (25 years and over) - £7.50 per hour

National Minimum Wage (21 to 24-year-olds) - £7.05 per hour

National Minimum Wage 18 to 20-year olds - £5.60 per hour

National Minimum Wage 16 to 17-year-olds - £4.05 per hour

National Minimum Wage for apprentices under 19, or over 19 and in the first year of an apprenticeship. - £3.50 per hour

Rates will rise again in April 2018, giving young workers in particular the biggest pay boost in a decade.