Sports Direct workers still waiting for minimum wage back-pay

'Thousands' are still waiting for 'hundreds and hundreds of pounds', Unite union tells MPs

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"Thousands" of Sports Direct workers have still not received back-pay relating to a two-year period during which they were paid less than the legal minimum wage, Unite union says.

Speaking to the parliamentary business committee, which is investigating the UK's changing labour market, Unite criticised Transline, one of the two agencies that supplies staff for Sports Direct's Shirebrook warehouse.

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