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Holland & Barrett Named and Shamed for National Minimum Wage Underpayments

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Holland & Barrett is one of the latest major high street retailers to be named by the UK government for failing to pay its staff the National Minimum Wage. The company was listed among nearly 500 employers who have been fined a total of over £10 million for similar breaches.


The list, published by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), revealed that Holland & Barrett underpaid more than 2,551 workers a total of over £153,000. They were 9th in the list of worst offenders. The government's crackdown has ensured that 42,000 workers nationwide were repaid more than £6 million.

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Amazon Workers Fight Back: The Human Cost of Union Busting in Coventry

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A landmark legal case against Amazon’s union-busting tactics in the UK began this week, powered by the stories of workers like Ceferina Floresca. After suffering a heart attack while working at the Coventry warehouse, Ceferina returned to work to find a “letter of concern” from Amazon. She soon discovered the company’s concern was not for her health, but a warning about her absence during recovery.

This is the human face of the fight for workers’ rights.


Ceferina’s experience is a key reason why 878 Amazon workers in Coventry, supported by the GMB union, have launched the first British legal challenge against Amazon’s aggressive anti-union tactics. They allege the tech giant used a campaign of intimidation and dirty tricks to illegally sway a critical union recognition vote, which Amazon narrowly won by just 15 votes.

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