[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Don't patronise me please. If they are employed legally or illegally it is still not the fault of the employee, if Jenny wishes to clarify I'm sure she will.

Here is a government compiled list of those failing to pay their employees the national minimum wage, they cross many sectors.

'A further 70 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage (NMW) have been named today (24 February 2015) by Business Minister Jo Swinson, bringing the overall total named and shamed to 162.

Between them, these 70 employers owed workers a total of over £157,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £70,000.

The government has already named 92 employers since the new naming regime came into force in October 2013. They had total arrears of over £316,000 and total penalties of over £111,000.

To support the minimum wage crackdown, the government will also be increasing HMRC’s £9.2 million enforcement budget by a further £3 million, helping to fund more than 70 extra compliance officers.'

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/g...wage-offenders

I am no more patronising you Kiz than you do me when you tell me to get 'perspective' (well, perhaps just a smudging so - but teasingly so)

The point is our different perspectives;

to you - it is ALL the fault of the unscrupulous employers.

To me the immigrants ACCEPTING the illegal jobs-On-The-Side are just as culpable - more so, because they have come to a country which has welcomed them in but then blatantly break laws which they know to be wrong in any language.

The end result is that - as Jenny stated - it is damaging to our economy.