Martin Lewis urges almost 400,000 minimum wage workers to check if they’re being underpaid

Martin Lewis urges 400,000 minimum wage workers to check if they're being underpaidSource:

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00:00There are many people on minimum wage who are actually being underpaid because their employers

00:04are not following the rules. 370,000 people in 2024, the last time we had numbers from,

00:11were being underpaid. And this is not small firms. This includes big household name firms.

00:15Don't think this is only small backstreet employers. It isn't. Now, there are two big

00:19reasons this happens. If you have to buy your uniform, your tools, your safety equipment and

00:23your clothing, the cost of that should not take you below equivalent minimum wage over your pay

00:28period. What does that mean? So you take the cost, you subtract over your pay period. So if you're

00:33paid by the month, it's in a month. If you're paid by the week, it's in a week. If that takes you down

00:37below minimum wage for the hours you've worked, you have been underpaid, you should get that money.