Burntwood nursery chain Busy Bees named on minimum wage underpayment list

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Busy Bees Nurseries is among hundreds of employers identified by the government as owing money to workers through minimum wage underpayments. The company says the issue was due to errors that have since been corrected.

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00:00A nursery chain based in Staffordshire is among hundreds of employers criticised for

00:05failing to pay staff the national minimum wage. The Department for Business and Trade

00:10has published a list covering the years 2023 and 2024. Busy Bees Nurseries, headquartered

00:18in Burntwood, ranks top for the number of workers owed money and fourth for the total

00:24owed. The figures show more than £485,000 was underpaid to 9,056 staff. Busy Bees says

00:35the shortfall was caused by inadvertent errors which were corrected and it apologised to employees.

00:41They say they're now working with the HMRC to resolve the issue.

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