Compliance and enforcement of the National Minimum Wage: the case of the Leicester textiles sector

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The report outlines the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage and the challenges in Leicester are deep-seated and have been persistent over a period of decades. The report outlines people employees believed underpayment and other non-compliant practices were still ongoing. The report does not try to quantify the scale of non-compliance in Leicester textiles manufacturers, or to compare this to other sectors or locations in the UK.

Subcontracting has been a key part of the manufacturers’ business model, making it very hard to reliably estimate total numbers of manufacturers in operation.