United Colours of ... Rip off Merchants

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mamabuddah wrote: »

except there were fewer staff in....looked like a staff shortage..."trial" had been delayed until a major stock delivery had arrived and "trainee" was left unsupervised to sort delivery, sort stock range, price stock, put on display and arrange and merchandise other stock and displays and was left in department to work on her own....she is already experienced in retail and basically wanted to work in a job with more hours.....have since discovered on other business forums that what they have done may be illegal and flouting the minimum wage etc etc....theres actually a few "legal" types kindly helping at the moment as well....so if and when there's updates.....I'll post back.

OK, well if they're over 21, and did 8 hours work, the shop needs to pay them £6.19/hour minimum wage, so 8 x £6.19 = £49.52.

If friend was only paid £20, she needs to send them a letter giving them 14 days to pay the additional £29.52. She should send this as a letter before action, threatening court action if they don't pay.

There is no such thing as an unpaid trial in these circumstances. I believe there are a few exceptions, which is something to do with work trials for the unemployed via the job centre.