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Argos and WH Smith fined for failing to pay minimum wage - see full list of 200 firms

The companies are among 200 others that have been "named and shamed" by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) for short-changing staff between 2017 and 2019

Daily Mirror

Loganair among 19 Scots firms named and shamed for not paying minimum wage

Over 200 companies in the UK were exposed by the government after failing to pay workers almost £5million in a clear breach of National Minimum Wage law.

Daily Record

Scottish companies named and shamed for not paying minimum wage

39% of employers deducted pay from workers’ wages, while 39% failed to pay workers correctly

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WH Smith, M&S and Argos 'named and shamed' for breaking minimum wage rules

A number of firms have been made to pay back what they owed by HMRC, who said almost £5m was found to be owed to around 63,000 workers in total

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HMRC names WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos among employers which broke minimum wage law

HMRC has investigated back to 2017

Nottingham Post

WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos among employers which broke minimum wage law

HMRC has investigated back to 2017

Wales Online

WH Smith, M&S and Argos fined as companies ‘named and shamed’ for failing to pay minimum wage

Almost £5m owed to around 63,000 workers, according to investigations by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

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The Scottish businesses who failed to pay their workers the minimum wage

SEVERAL Scottish companies are included in a list of employers who failed to pay their lowest paid staff the minimum wage.

The National (Scotland)

The Welsh companies named and shamed for failing to pay staff minimum wage

Four Welsh companies owed workers nearly £40,000 between them

Wales Online

UK’s best known retailers top list of firms fined £7m over pay breaches

WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos among more than 200 firms that failed to pay workers legal minimum wage

The Guardian - UK

WH Smith, M&S and Argos ‘named and shamed’ over minimum wage failures

Almost £5 million was found to be owed to around 63,000 workers following investigations by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

The Independent UK

Nigeria, labour unions to agree new minimum wage within 8 weeks

Nigeria’s labour unions threatened to strike after fuel prices tripled due to President Tinubu scrapping fuel subsidy.

Al Jazeera

‘I have not seen one cent’: billions stolen in wage theft from US workers

Employees across the country are not getting paid what they are owed, and critics say government is toothless to help

The Guardian - US

These millionaires want to tax the rich, and they're lobbying working-class voters

A group called Patriotic Millionaires has failed to get Congress to raise their taxes or boost the minimum wage. Now they're taking their concerns about inequality to swing-state voters.

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Bangkok Post

The eternal joust over rate hikes

Some industry leaders are concerned about higher interest rates affecting businesses, especially small ones, in addition to weakening the purchasing power of homebuyers.

Evening Standard

Exclusive: UK driver taking Uber to employment tribunal again following Supreme Court decision

A driver who took Uber to the Supreme Court now wants a judge to clearly define how the ride-hailing app calculates minimum wage for gig economy workers

Bangkok Post

Warning over minimum wage increase

Contractor Nawarat Patanakarn Plc says an increase in the daily minimum wage to 450 baht could reduce its gross margin to 3-4%, from the current 5-6%.

The Guardian - AU

Interest rates blame game continues – as it happened

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Labor plans to stamp out the exploitation of migrant workers, but it won’t succeed until we treat it like tax avoidance

The exploitation of migrants is widespread in Australia. Our recent report for the Grattan Institute, Short-changed, found that as many as one in six migrant workers are paid less than the national minimum wage, which is meant to be the least a worker in Australia can be paid.

The Conversation

Don't blame Australia's lowest-paid workers if interest rates rise again

The odds have been shortening on the Reserve Bank of Australia lifting interest again, and Australia’s workers are again being blamed for driving inflation.

Bangkok Post

Pita digs in on pay hike vow

Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat vowed to push for a proposed hike in the minimum wage to 450 baht per day by raising the issue with the tripartite national wage committee if his party forms the new government.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: No, the wage case shouldn’t panic the RBA

The FWC doesn’t want to turn the current rate of wage increases into something that will scare Phil Lowe & Co.

The New Daily

Minimum wage hike reveals gender inequality

Female workers will be the most most affected by the upcoming minimum wage hike, as the FWC committed to focusing more on gender equality.

Reuters

Thai finance minister frontrunner aims to tackle debt

Thailand's election-winning Move Forward party is committed to increasing welfare spending and the minimum wage while promoting growth by opening up the economy to competition and cutting corruption, its finance minister-designate said.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: minimum wage rises; education minister looks at Hecs debt changes; and a glitzy royal wedding

The annual wage review decision indicates the minimum wages will increase to $882.80 per week or $23.23 per hour

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