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<p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone entitled to National Living
Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it. This is why we have more than
doubled the compliance and enforcement budget for the NMW and NLW to £27.4 million
for 2019/20, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018/19, HM Revenue
& Customs (HMRC) identified a record £24.4 million in minimum wage arrears for
over 220,000 workers and issued over £17 million in penalties to non-compliant employers.</p><p>
</p><p>HMRC use a range of techniques ranging from ‘nudge’ letters in low risk cases
to criminal prosecution in the most egregious cases of underpayment. Without fail,
HMRC investigate where they believe an employer is not paying the minimum wage, which
includes following up every worker complaint they receive.</p>
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