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04-Jul-08 12:15 [Pay and Reward]
Butchers prosecuted for failure to pay minimum wage HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has won a court case against an employer who has been found guilty of deliberately not paying the National Minimum Wage.
A Sheffield butcher's shop has been ordered to pay £11,000 in compensation to two former employees, in a verdict that represents the fourth successful prosecution by the Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office.
David Jackson and his daughter Pauline Smout, who are the proprietors of Jackson's Butchers, Chaucer Road, Sheffield, have been ordered to pay £9,065.85 and £2,009.74 respectively in compensation.
"The appalling way you treated these employees meant that both [employees] lost out. The simple fact was that they are entitled to this money, and they will get it," stated Deputy District Judge Hatton.
The pair were prosecuted for refusing or neglecting to pay National Minimum Wage and making false entries in pay records.
Compensation has to be paid by October 1st 2008.
The current National Minimum Wage stands at £5.52 per hour for workers aged 22-years-old and over.
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