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Issue briefing: enforcing the national minimum wage

Our approach to ensuring that the national minimum wage is paid, and how we return arrears to workers.

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Enforcing the national minimum wage

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The majority of employers in the UK pay their workers at least the National Minimum Wage (NMW), but a small proportion fail to do so – which is illegal. This briefing explains our approach to ensuring that the national minimum wage is paid, and how we return arrears to workers.

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Published 21 January 2013

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