Fair pay announcement from Department for Business Innovation and Skills

On 1 September 2015 the Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, announced a package of measures to ensure people receive fair pay. The measures include: doubling the penalties for non-payment of the National Minimum Wage and the new National Living Wage increasing the enforcement budget setting up a new team in HMRC to take forward criminal prosecutions for those who deliberately do not comply ensuring that anyone found guilty will be considered for disqualification from being a company director for up to 15 years. For further information on this announcement please visit the GOV.UK website.