{"id":5919,"date":"2019-01-02T08:36:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T08:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/iceland-to-fight-hmrc-over-wage-dispute-madness\/"},"modified":"2019-01-02T08:36:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T08:36:36","slug":"iceland-to-fight-hmrc-over-wage-dispute-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/iceland-to-fight-hmrc-over-wage-dispute-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland to fight HMRC over wage dispute &#8216;madness&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Iceland lorry\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/B55E\/production\/_99603464_mediaitem99603463.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">AFP\/Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The chief executive and founder of Iceland Foods has described a dispute with HMRC over the company&#8217;s Christmas savings scheme as &#8220;just madness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Under the scheme, staff can voluntarily set aside money from their weekly wages and claim it back later.<\/p>\n<p>However, HMRC has told the company the payment means staff are technically falling below the minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p>Iceland founder Malcolm Walker intends to fight the HMRC claim, which was first reported in the Times.<\/p>\n<p>If it loses, the retailer could face a bill of \u00a321m.<\/p>\n<p>HMRC said it did not comment on individual cases.<\/p>\n<p>According to Iceland, it has also been told by HMRC that its policy on footwear breaches minimum wage rules as well.<\/p>\n<p>HMRC said that staff should be compensated for shoes bought for work, as Iceland had given staff guidance that &#8220;sensible shoes&#8221; should be worn.<\/p>\n<p>The guideline applies only to staff who work in stores, since warehouse staff are provided with safety shoes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-46734683\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright AFP\/Getty The chief executive and founder of Iceland Foods has described a dispute with HMRC over the company&#8217;s Christmas savings scheme as &#8220;just madness&#8221;. Under the scheme, staff can voluntarily set aside money from their weekly wages and claim it back later. However, HMRC has told the company the payment means staff are &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}