The list of companies that don't pay minimum wage has grown to 50 firms in Scotland after a UK government list named employers that failed to pay staff properly. The Department for Business said 658 employers across the UK were ordered to repay £4m, with more than 27,000 workers left out of pocket.
In Scotland, nearly 700 workers were affected. One of the largest cases named Collin Care Ltd in Glasgow, which owed £28,149 to 77 workers.
Collin Care Ltd in Glasgow
Douglas Collin, the financial director of Collin Care Ltd, said the company had worked with HMRC for over two years and that the claim had been settled in full more than a year ago. He said the company did not deliberately seek to underpay workers or avoid its legal obligations.
He also said: “It related to a technical breach of the classification of staff due to a time delay in getting completed paperwork from various training companies.” He added: “We voluntarily worked with HMRC for over two years and supplied all information and paperwork requested.”
Peterhead to Renfrew
The Scottish list also named Murdoch Allan & Son in Peterhead, which failed to pay £24,150 to seven employees, and Fiona Burgoyne trading as Horsechoice in Edinburgh, which underpaid four workers by £22,422. Dynamic Retail Ltd trading as Scotfresh in Dundee failed to pay £14,452 to 215 workers.
Aulds Delicious Desserts in Renfrew owed £9,435 to 89 staff. La Vita and The Butchershop Bar & Grill in Glasgow underpaid 66 workers by £5,440. Saash Foods Limited failed to pay £2,587 to two workers, while KA Scotland Ltd trading as Pepe's failed to pay £700 to 14 employees.
UK repayment orders
The list covered employers in hospitality, retail, construction and food production. Its figures show that the enforcement action was not limited to one sector and that some employers owed small sums to a few workers, while others owed larger amounts across hundreds of staff.
For workers named in the affected cases, the practical point is straightforward: the repayment orders put the unpaid wages on the record, but the government list does not explain which minimum wage rule or worker classification issue caused each breach. The cases therefore leave a split between the legal finding and each employer's explanation, and Collin Care Ltd's settled case sits inside that gap.
