Hundreds of employees who lost their jobs following the closure of Wagon Automotives at Brownhills are set to get compensation totalling more than £500,000.

The firm, in Pelsall Road, went into administration late last year following the downturn in the motor industry. A total of 292 workers lost their jobs at the Brownhills site.

Angry employees hit out claiming they had not been been given notice pay or full consultation over the loss of their jobs. Now the workforce are in line for notice pay awards of at least £2,000 each.

It follows a Birmingham Employment Tribunal test case hearing involving three former Wagon employees. The employees were each awarded 90 days pay at a tribunal on Tuesday. Tribunal chairman David Dimbylow said the payments would be made by the Government’s Redundancy Office.