Top ten excuses for low pay
Thisismoney.co.uk reports here: Investigators from the Revenue & Customs have revealed the top ten excuses they hear from employers guilty of paying staff less than the national minimum wage.
The top ten worst excuses for not paying the minimum wage are:
1. He doesn’t deserve it - he’s a total waste of space.
2. She only wanted £3 an hour.
3. I didn’t think the workers were worth national minimum wage.
4. I didn’t think it applied to small employers.
5. He’s disabled.
6. They can’t cope on their own and it’s more than they would get in their own country.
7. She’s on benefits - if you add those to her pay, it totals the minimum wage.
8. He’s over 65, so the minimum wage doesn’t apply.
9. The workers can’t speak English
10. I only took him on as a favour.