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Blackpool hotel named and shamed for stingy salaries
A Blackpool hotel is among 70 companies named and shamed today by the government for failing to pay staff the national minimum wage.
The owners of the Mardi Gras Hotel, named as Mr L Tolman and Mr S Blanchad, neglected to pay £3,206.76 to three workers, according to HM Revenue and Customs.
The three-star hotel claims to be ‘one of the largest gay-run accommodation providers in Blackpool’.
Situated in Lord Street, it has been under current management since 2006. Rooms cost from £19 per person per night.
The national minimum wage is £6.50 an hour to employees aged 21 and over, £5.13 an hour to those aged 18 to 20, £3.79 an hour to 16 to 17 year olds and an apprentice rate of £2.73 an hour.
HMRC said: "The government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. "
It began naming companies that broke the rules in 2011 to shame them into complying with the legislation.
Those who are found not to have paid staff their dues have to pay staff arrears of wages at the current national minimum rate and could be fined up to £20,000.
In the most serious cases, employers can be prosecuted.
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