Social Services: Minimum Wage
(asked on 23rd March 2016) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers in the social care sector have been found to be non-compliant with national minimum wage legislation in each of the last three years; how much was owed in arrears by each such employer to how many underpaid workers; and what the total value of penalties levied on those employers is.
The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HMRC review all complaints that are referred to them and currently fast track for investigation any care worker direct complaints received through the Acas helpline.
Extensive evaluation of NMW compliance within the Social Care sector between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2013 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-compliance-in-the-social-care-sector
Information for the last three years is provided in the table below:
Year | Non-compliant cases identified | Arrears (£) | Workers | Penalties issued (£) |
2012/13 | 58 | 209,250 | 1,935 | 71,951 |
2013/14 | 28 | 785,933 | 3,524 | 39,847 |
2014/15 | 40 | 420,706 | 1,970 | 73,707 |
Data for 2015/16 will be available after year-end.