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#insolvency
8 cases tagged Insolvency.
TUPE transfer found after asset sale of insolvent company: managing director's claim succeeds
A managing director's employment was found to have transferred to the buyer of his insolvent employer's intellectual property and goodwill, even though production stopped for six months.
TUPE transfer and unpaid wages: dismissal without notice on transfer day
A Data Partnerships Manager was dismissed without notice on the day his employer announced a TUPE transfer. The tribunal awarded £11,670 for breach of contract and £7,423 for failure to inform and consult.
Civil engineer awarded £5,819 after employer entered liquidation without paying wages
A civil engineer who was dismissed without notice and not paid his final wages, holiday pay, or notice pay has been awarded £5,819 by an employment tribunal. The employer had since gone into liquidation.
Claims struck out after employee with under two years' service fails to attend hearing
A former employee's unfair dismissal and redundancy claims were struck out because she had less than two years' service. Her remaining claims were also struck out after she did not attend the final hearing.
Duplicate unfair dismissal claim struck out as abuse of process
A former employee's second unfair dismissal claim against Paperchase Products Ltd was struck out as an abuse of process, and his bid to force the Secretary of State to pay a basic award without a tribunal decision failed.
Dismissed by redundancy without any warning: a window fabricator wins his case
A window fabricator with four years' service was dismissed by redundancy without any warning or consultation. The tribunal awarded £15,319 in unpaid wages, holiday pay, notice pay, redundancy pay and compensation.
Mystery shoppers' TUPE claim fails: no transfer of undertaking to new company
Four mystery shoppers who lost their jobs when Douglas Stafford Ltd collapsed failed to prove their contracts transferred to My View Ltd. The tribunal found no transfer of an undertaking, dismissing their claims for unpaid wages and holiday pay.
Failed to consult before mass redundancy: 8 weeks' protective award for employees
Blitz Communications failed to consult employees before making 20+ redundancies. The tribunal approved a protective award of 8 weeks' gross pay for each affected worker.