Council fined for not paying staff minimum wage...

Five members of staff at Coventry City Council were not paid the national minimum wage



Coventry City Council is being fined by the government for failing to pay staff the National Minimum Wage.

The council is among five employers in the city that were named and shamed in a list of 500 across the UK by the government on Friday as part of its Plan to Make Work Pay initiative, which aims to enforce workers' rights.

The report detailed a sum of £5,167 not paid to five members of staff at the council.

The BBC has contacted the council for comment.

The other four Coventry-based companies include Allsopp & Allsopp Limited, which failed to pay £14,062.35 to 21 workers, and Malcolms Stores Limited, which failed to pay £3,137.94 to six workers.

Ballicom Limited also failed to pay £1,557.18 to seven workers, and Smarteenies Limited failed to pay £1,316.22 to 22 workers.