Mike Ashley's Sports Direct posts sales rise amid claims he pays staff less than the minimum wage

Sports Direct just reported a rise in sales for the 26 weeks to October 25, reaching £1.434 billion ($2.8 billion).

However, the budget sports retailer's results come just hours after The Guardian became the latest newspaper to unveil a major investigation that claims that the group's billionaire owner Mike Ashley is paying some workers less than the minimum wage.

The Guardian's report claims:

• Warehouse staff are body searched at the end of their shift but the time to take doing this is not paid for.
• The report also says staff are punished by having their wages docked if they are just one minute late.
• Workers in the Derbyshire warehouse are also "harangued" over the site's tannoy for not working fast enough.
• Warehouse workers are also allegedly banned from wearing 802 different types of brands at work.

The Guardian even posted a video onto YouTube that allegedly shows Sports Direct staff being searched:

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