A Wimbledon restaurant that owed more than £99,000 in back pay to workers has topped a Government name-and-shame list of businesses that failed to pay the minimum wage.
San Lorenzo, in Wimbledon Hill Road, owed £99,541,98 to 30 workers, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, more than any other business in the country.
Another south London business, Gems Childcare of Croydon, owed £2,558.80 to four workers. It was run by a Mrs Margaret Pink, the department said.
Collective Apparel, in Kingston, owed £487.34 to one worker, while Mad Hatters in Orpington, Kent, run by a Ms Tina Hamlin, owed £418.73 to three members of staff.
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Business Minister Margot James said: "This government is determined to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.
"That means making sure everyone gets paid the wages they are owed – including our new, higher, National Living Wage. It is not acceptable that some employers fail to pay at least the minimum wage their workers are entitled to.
"So we’ll continue to crack down on those who ignore the law, including by naming and shaming them."
The Government's living wage - distinct from the minimum wage - came in for criticism after some companies said they would reduce staff benefits in order to mitigate the cost to them of implementing the policy.
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