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<p>The Government takes the enforcement of NMW very seriously and HMRC review every
complaint that is referred to them, investigating the complaint and, in addition,
carrying out targeted enforcement where we identify a high risk of non-payment of
NMW.</p><p> </p><p>With the agreement of the Department for Business Innovation and
Skills, HMRC started prosecution for minimum wage offences from August 2007.</p><p>
</p><p>The total sum of arrears involved in cases where employers have been prosecuted
is £20,034.</p><p> </p><p>Criminal investigations do not guarantee arrears being paid
to workers and are reserved only for the most serious cases. The Government is cracking
down on employers who break the law and have increased the financial penalty percentage
that employers pay for breaking minimum wage law from 50 per cent to 100 per cent
and the maximum penalty has increased from £5,000 to £20,000. The revised penalty
is calculated as 100 per cent of the total underpayment for all of the workers specified
in a Notice of Underpayment relating to pay reference periods that commence on or
after 7 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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