Championship

TRIBUNAL FINDS IN BORO’S FAVOUR

by
The LeaguePaper Team
10 February 2019

By Ben Pound
CHAMPIONSHIP

DELIGHT: Steve Gibson

AN employment tribunal has ruled Middlesbrough had not been paying some of their staff less than the minimum wage.
Boro appealed against a decision made by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) that the club had been in breach of the national minimum wage limit.
Staff members had agreed to have payments deducted from their salaries by the club to spread the cost of season tickets, but HMRC claimed Boro had broken the law.
“The tribunal found that the deductions made at the request of the employees in order to spread the pay...

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