WORKERS are being urged to check that they are being paid the new minimum wage after government research revealed a third of people never check their payslips.

The new rate of £7.20 an hour for over-25s comes into force on Friday, but bad bosses have already started mitigating against the small increase by cutting back on overtime and weekend payments.

A manager at B&Q warned that the firm is removing time-and-a-half pay for working Sundays, stopping paying a bonus and restructuring allowances for working in high-cost areas to cut costs ahead of the change.