13th June 2013, 07:49 PM
Kel Wrote:Employers like that care about such things only when instructed to do so by an industrial tribunal. This route is either not financially available (due to lack of Legal Aid) or desirable (due to blot on CV/future job references) for that kind of low-paid un-unionised workforce.
Not so complicated. Phone the minimum wage helpline and report them anonymously. More complicated, I admit, if you are working for a small company but then I think the whole reference threat is a bit overstated. The reputatation of bad companies usually precedes them.