Asda employees ‘skipping meals’ due to monthly payroll errors

Thousands of staff have been left up to 500 short on payday, which has forced some to use food banks or leave bills unpaid

Asda employees are having to skip household bill payments, take out loans, and even use food banks to get through the month due to regular payroll errors that have seen some underpaid by 500 or more.

The scale of the problem emerged after the private equity-backed company admitted to members of the Scottish parliament that its external payroll firm had made nearly 11,000 errors in recent months, affecting the wages of 5,500 staff.