At least two million UK workers are being cheated out of the wages they have earned. It is a scandal hiding in plain sightLarge numbers of employers are it seems now in the habit of shortchanging their staff as a planned strategy to increase profits. At least 2 million workers a year in the UK are being cheated of pay they are owed. This estimate of the scale of wages theft comes from a unusual report from researchers at Middlesex University,which puts the value of the lost pay at over £3bn a year.
Many employers have been able to adopt this trade model with impunity. Assuming they have been able to find the fees for employment justice workers may take cases to tribunal and win, but only approximately half of those will actually receive the full amount they have been awarded. They have to pay the cost of bailiffs themselves if employers refuse to pay up; they often get nothing at all.
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Source: guardian.co.uk