0 to pay someone too little for the work they do --
2 to pay less than is necessary or less than the value of something: --
3 to make smaller payments than originally agreed when paying back a loan: --
The majority of these domestic workers are women and immigrants, who are easier to exploit and underpay.
In 1987 arrears of pay assessed as due to workers employed by 4,443 establishments found to be underpaying totalled £1,252,034.
They should set penalties high enough to be an adequate deterrent to employers considering underpaying.
In the west midlands, 300 employers were found to be underpaying workers last year but not one of them was prosecuted.
In 1981, 24,399 establishments were visited and 10,074 were underpaying.
The last available figures indicate that almost one-third of employers visited by the inspectorate were found to be underpaying.
Even if one has been found to underpay, the chances of prosecution are minimal.
There were only seven prosecutions in 1982 out of some 9,000 employers found to be underpaying their work forces.
