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Vince Cable raises fine for failing to pay minimum wage to £20,000 per worker

By Newsmoggie | Wed 15th January 2014 - 1:17 pm

We’ve known for some time that the Coalition has been intending to raise the penalty on rogue employers who don’t pay the National Minimum Wage. What we didn’t know is that Vince Cable is actually making the proposed £20,000 fine payable for every single worker who doesn’t receive the legal amount.

Vince is quoted in today’s Guardian:

Anyone entitled to the national minimum wage should receive it. Paying anything less than this is unacceptable, illegal and will be punished by law. So we are bringing in tougher financial penalties to crack down on those who do not play by the rules.

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