Minimum wage offences

A report published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has concluded that the 2020/21 financial year was ‘a strong year for minimum wage enforcement despite issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.’ Overall, HMRC issued 580 penalties totalling £14.1m for minimum wage offences during 2020/21; this was down from the previous year’s figures of 992 penalties totalling £18.5m.