Usdaw and others v WW Realisation 1 Ltd (in liquidation) ET/3201156/10 and others

Collective redundancy consultation: 24,000 former Woolworths employees given 60-day protective award

Date:

2 February 2012

In this case, the employment tribunal awarded 24,000 Woolworths employees 60 days' pay for the company's failure to consult collectively on their redundancies. However, around 3,000 staff who worked in Woolworths stores that had fewer than 20 employees missed out on protective awards, a result that is likely to be appealed.