Cramlington Firm Underpays 14 Workers

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A2ZEE Construction Ltd, Cramlington, ... failed to pay £3,375.51 to 14 workers.

 

A2Zee is on a name-and-shame list of 25 employers just issued. Under new legislation employers could be liable for up to a £20,000 fine per employee. That's a potential £280,000 - gasp - if it were to fall under the new rules!

 

A2Zee also falls into the top twelve under-payers on the government's list, by exceeding the four-figure mark. However they fail to name a football club and other high-profile employers underpaying quite substantial amounts, explaining "we would only name businesses in exceptional circumstances". Quite how this squares with naming some small firms for very modest underpayments is yet to be explained.

 

The company - which appears to be being operated from a private terraced house - has very little presence on the internet, until now!  http://www.192.com/atoz/business/cramlington-ne23/sc/a2zee-construction-ltd/f77b72077258987d59c2e8ac003704e2064d81f7/comp/  It was incorporated on the 18th July 2012 as a joinery installation business, and its accounts appear to be current.

 

Unfortunately bright Beeb journos seem to have renamed it A2ZEE Constriction - a Freudian slip, or just more social engineering?

 

Despite the American-sounding name there appears to be no connection with a US outfit using the same moniker.