Cheapskate bosses who dodge minimum wage rules have been exposed by a Government probe.
Pizza Hut in Edinburgh was one of the worst offenders.
And St Johnstone Football Club also flouted the law.
A couple who have just been made OBEs are directors of a hairdressing business which failed to pay workers minimum wage.
Alan and Linda Stewart were made Officers of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours list.
Their Rainbow Room hairdressers in Glasgow’s Royal Exchange Square failed to pay £851.70 to six workers between 2016 and 2018.
It’s understood two Rainbow Room franchises, which are not directly managed by the Stewarts, failed to pay workers sums totalling four figures.
A Cabinet Office spokesman said all the companies on the Government’s list have paid
back the arrears.
Pizza Hut in Edinburgh paid 10,980 workers a total of £845,936.41 below the minimum wage, while St Johnstone also owed £14,266.74 to 28 workers.
A spokeswoman for Pizza Hut said: “In 2018 we completed a wage adjustment for current and former employees working closely with the HMRC to understand who was eligible.”
St Johnstone said: “The club prides itself in treating our staff fairly and we are extremely disappointed to find ourselves in a position whereby we are criticised for failing to meet national minimum wage requirements.”
