A NURSERY school owner from Prestwich has been banned from running a company for six years after failing to pay staff the minimum wage.
Joanne Ward, aged 43, underpaid 12 employees at her nursery, Cygnets to Swans in Whittaker Lane, dating back to April 2010 and totalling £11,789.
The amounts underpaid to each employee range from £2.52 to £3,821.17.
Additionally, while Ms Ward was not paying staff the minimum wage, she received personal benefits from the company, totalling £157,601 in the form of wages, dividends and through an overdrawn directors’ loan account.
In a report by the Insolvency Service, following visits from HMRC national minimum wage enforce…
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