Article: Excuses, excuses... ten 'reasons' employers give for not paying the National Minimum Wage.

M2 PRESSWIRE-22 August 2006-UK Government: Excuses, excuses... ten 'reasons' employers give for not paying the National Minimum Wage(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The excuses used by employers who avoid paying the National Minimum Wage are laid bare today as HM Revenue & Customs publishes a top 10 of some of the more unusual or outlandish reasons given to its enforcement teams.

The top ten worst excuses for not paying the minimum wage are:

10. I only took him on as a favour 9. The workers can't speak English 8. He's over 65, so the national minimum wage doesn't apply 7. She's on benefits - if you add those to her ...

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