Thousands of Sports Direct warehouse workers are set to receive back pay totalling about £1m after the retailer admitted breaking the law by not paying the national minimum wage. Two agencies, The Best Connection and Transline, provide most of the 3,000 workers in the company’s warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. “Investors and customers alike should not be fooled into thinking that everything is now rosy at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse. Sports Direct, Transline and The Best Connection had not responded to requests for comment by publication. Our role is to investigate all cases where we believe an employer is not paying its workers the national minimum wage to ensure those workers receive what they are owed under the law.”

Source: The Guardian August 15, 2016 10:56 UTC