Named for failing to pay staff minimum wage

will not be tolerated.”

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady added: “If you cheat staff out of the minimum wage, your reputation will be dragged through the mud.” The National Living Wage is payable to workers aged 25 and over. The current rate is £7.50 per hour. The National Minimum Wage is payable to workers aged from 16 to 24. There are three rates: 16 to 17 year olds receive £4.05 per hour, 18 to 20 year olds receive £5.60, and 21 to 24 year olds receive £7.05.

The 17 employers in Wales are: William Gareth Griffiths and Llinos Griffiths trading as Gareth Griffiths, Ceredigion; Tracey Newnian trading as Tracey’s Unisex Salon, Carmarthenshire; Thai Lounge (Cardiff) Limited trading as Thai Lounge, Cardiff; Bluestone Resorts Limited, Pembrokeshire; Paul Isaac and Hayley Isaac trading as Refit Design Shopfitters, Neath Port Talbot; Burlesque Hair Company Limited, Newport; Celtic Community Services Limited, Rhondda Cynon Taf; Kingston City Properties Limited, Cardiff; The Burrows Day Care Nursery (Porthcawl) Limited, Bridgend; The Wild Swan Limited, Swansea; Talal Al-Arab and Hani Hussain trading as Bella Pizza, Gwynedd; Mandy James trading as Prince of Wales Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf; M Camilleri & Sons Roofing Limited, Vale of Glamorgan; Adeiladwyr Eryri Builders CYF, Gwynedd; Dylan Rhys Roberts trading as DR Roberts Plumbing & Heating, Denbighshire; Whistlestop Café (North Wales) Ltd trading as Whistlestop Café, Denbighshire; Ruthin Castle Hotel Ltd, Denbighshire.

Bluestone finance director Neil Evans said: “HMRC concentrated on two of our staff who were living in accommodation that we provide and each of those employees paid £250 each per month on rent from net pay. As this was slightly over the rental allowance, in the eyes of HMRC, we defaulted on minimum wage even though all our staff are paid at living wage or over regardless of age.”