BRADFORD employers are among 28 firms in Yorkshire named for breaking the national minimum wage law.

KRM Limited, trading as First Steps Day Nursery, Craven, BD23, failed to pay £28,378.7 to 25 of its workers.

Sonia Anderson and Jean Martin, trading as First Steps Nursery, Craven, BD23, failed to pay £9,156.09 to 25 workers.

Aire Valley Frozen Foods Limited, Bradford, BD21, failed to pay £8,823.37 to 20 workers.

The breaches took place between 2012 and 2018. Following investigations by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, a total of £158,000 was found to be owed to 705 workers.

Business Minister Paul Scully said employers in Yorkshire and the Humber “must follow the law to avoid short-changing workers”

Named employers in Yorkshire have since been made to pay back what they owed, and were fined an additional £216,000 in total.

Minimum wage breaches can occur, for example, when workers are being paid on or just above the minimum wage rate, and then have deductions from their pay for uniform or accommodation.

Another example would be where an employer failed to pay workers for all the time they had worked, such as when they worked a spell of overtime.

Mr Scully said: “Yorkshire is a great place to run a business, but employers must stay above the law to avoid short-changing workers.

“Upholding workers’ rights is a top priority for this government and employers breaking minimum wage law won’t be let off lightly.

“It’s up to all employers in the region, including those on this list, to check government guidance and pay workers properly.”