NRI hoteliers named & shamed for failing to pay minimum wages

An Indian-origin hotelier family has been "named and shamed" by the British government in a list of 25 other employers who failed to pay workers the minimum wage fixed by authorities.
Satwinder Singh Khatter and Tejinder Singh Khatter of The Bath Hotel in Reading of the ceremonial county of Berkshire, have been shamed for failing to pay 1,237.79 pounds to two of its workers.
The national minimum wage in Britain is currently 6.31 pounds an hour for adults and will be raised to 6.50 pounds from October.
They are the latest offenders to be "named and shamed" under rules that came into effect last year.

Between them the 25 employers owe more than 43,000 pounds to staff and have been ordered to pay fines totalling more than 21,000 pounds.
Business minister Jenny Willott said, "If employers break the law they need to know they will face tough consequences.

"The employers were investigated by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) after members of staff called a free helpline to report they were being underpaid".
"They include a school in Edinburgh which underpaid an employee by 3,739 pounds and a garage in Bradford that failed to pay a worker 6,426 pounds," he said.
"The government's "naming and shaming" initiative is one of a number of measures it has introduced for employers who break the minimum wage law.

Those who underpay now face penalties of up to 20,000 pounds, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills," the minister added.