Low wage employers in Scotland named and shamed

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More than 20 Scottish employers who have failed to pay the national minimum wage have been "named and shamed".

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) released the list which includes hair and beauty salons, shops and construction and engineering firms

The arrears owed to staff has been calculated at more than 拢44,000.

The minimum wage ranges from 拢3.30 to 拢7.20 per hour depending on age and status.

Since the name and shame scheme was introduced in 2013, more than 400 employers have been listed, with total arrears of nearly 拢1.2m.

Penalties handed out have passed the 拢500,000 mark

The Scottish businesses on the list were:

  • Bay Newsagents, Weymss Bay, Inverclyde, owed 拢12,527.97 to three workers
  • Little Beehive Nursery, Fife, owed 拢9,065.14 to seven workers
  • Topstaff Employment Ltd, Glasgow, owed 拢3,355.25 to 20 workers
  • Macdonalds Hotels & Resorts Ltd, Bathgate, West Lothian, owed 拢2,123.10 to six workers
  • Hairstopper Limited, Ayr, owed 拢2,021.07 to two workers
  • Susanna's Hair & Beauty, Ayr, owed 拢2,013.22 to one worker
  • K Construction (Scotland) Ltd, Edinburgh, owed 拢1,916.61 to two workers
  • Newlay Civil Engineering Ltd, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, owed 拢1,860.60 to one worker
  • Papa Johns, Edinburgh, EH8, owed 拢1,811.33 to 19 workers
  • Sine Hair & Beauty Salon Ltd, Glasgow, owed 拢1,027.65 to one worker
  • JR's Hairdressing Ltd, Glasgow, owed 拢1,000.16 to two workers
  • Ryce Limited, Fife, owed 拢935.96 to one worker
  • Light of India, Oban, Argyll and Bute, owed 拢927.60 to one worker
  • Austen Thomson Hair, Edinburgh, owed 拢759.32 to one worker
  • Lydiafield Care Home, Annan, owed 拢741.67 to 13 workers
  • Fisher & Donaldson (St Andrews), Cupar, Fife, owed 拢574.32 to six workers
  • Vallance Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed 拢547.20 to one worker
  • Craigs Courier Services, Falkirk, owed 拢484.90 to 1 worker
  • Benkaz Ltd, Shotts, North Lanarkshire, owed 拢266.71 to one worker
  • Fury Murray's (Paisley) Ltd, Paisley, owed 拢216.14 to one worker
  • AMS Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh, owed 拢150.00 to two workers
  • Assist Homecare (Scotland) Ltd, Stevenston, Ayrshire, owed 拢134.21 to 1 worker
  • Micro Fitness Ltd, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, owed 拢104.93 to one worker