Enforcement 


The law requires employers to keep adequate records showing they are paying the NMW, and a worker is entitled to inspect their individual record. 


One way in which unscrupulous employers avoid their national minimum wage obligations is by failing to provide workers with clear information about their working hours and hourly rates. As a result of campaigning by trade unions, including UNISON and the GMB, in its 2016 report the Low Pay Commission has formally recommended a change to the NMW regulations to impose a legal duty on employers to ensure that the payslips of hourly-paid staff clearly state the hours worked.