Prime minister Theresa May has vowed to fine company bosses who award themselves excessive bonuses while failing to protect workers’...
Insolvency
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Jeremy Corbyn yesterday vowed to end public sector outsourcing in the wake of the collapse of support services giant Carillion....
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Thousands of workers face uncertainty after Carillion, the UK’s second largest construction company, went into liquidation yesterday.
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Employer insolvency: What lessons can be learned from Jaeger’s woes?
by Chris Weaverby Chris WeaverJaeger’s problems are the latest warning for employers to know their duties to staff in cases of employer insolvency. Chris...
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Sir Philip Green has agreed with the Pensions Regulator to offer a cash settlement of £363 million to plug the...
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Government publishes Green Paper on future of defined-benefit pensions
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherThe Government has launched a consultation into the future viability of defined-benefit pension schemes.
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An employment tribunal has made protective awards of 90 days’ pay over City Link’s failure to carry out a redundancy...
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High street retailer BHS has filed for administration, putting around 11,000 jobs at risk.
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There have been a slew of legal rulings related to collective redundancies in 2015, dealing with issues including the meaning...
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Former company directors in two separate organisations have been charged with criminal offences relating to their failure to follow redundancy...
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DLA Piper’s latest case report examines the next steps in the recent Woolworths redundancy case at the ECJ, which examined ...
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The Government has launched a public call for evidence into how collective redundancy consultation with employees works when a business...
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A Northern Ireland tribunal has found that staff who were made redundant at Canadian firm Nortel are entitled to payments...
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Tribunal watch: Comet’s redundancy consultation failures result in multiple 90-day protective awards
An employment tribunal has awarded former Comet employees 90 days’ pay for the insolvent company’s failure to consult collectively on...
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TUPE and insolvency: EAT considers limited circumstances in which employees do not transfer
by DLA Piperby DLA PiperIn DLA Piper’s case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) examined the TUPE provisions that mean that employees do not...