The Government has named and shamed 360 businesses for underpaying thousands of workers a total of £995,000.
It was the biggest ever such list of offenders and included employers in hairdressing, retail, hospitality and the care home sector.
Excuses for underpaying included using tips to top up pay, docking wages to pay for Christmas parties and making staff pay for their own uniforms.
The companies named by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) included department store chain Debenhams.
It was accused of failing to pay almost £135,000 to just under 12,000 workers.
The company said it made a technical error in its payroll calculations, which resulted in an average underpayment of around £10 per person to affected workers in 2015.
BEIS said its investigations into the named companies had seen more than 15,000 workers receive back pay, as well as penalties totalling £800,000 being issued to the firms by HM Revenue and Customs.
The latest announcement means that more than 1,000 employers have been identified since the policy started in 2013.
The new list included 84 employers in the hospitality industry, 51 in retail, 39 hairdressers and 24 in social care.
Business minister Margot James said: "Every worker in the UK is entitled to at least the national minimum or living wage and this government will ensure they get it."
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "This should be a wake-up call for employers who value their reputation.
"If you cheat your staff out of the minimum wage you will be named and shamed.
"But we also need to see prosecutions and higher fines for the most serious offenders, especially those who deliberately flout the law."
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