Insolvency

New and updated

• Insolvency of employer

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on the maximum amount of a week’s pay for the purpose of calculating payments by the Secretary of State, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Redundancy rights

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on the maximum amount of a week’s pay for the purpose of calculating statutory redundancy pay, effective from 6 April 2020.

• How to stop your workforce going under when business is close to collapse

  Date:

  31 October 2019

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  With the recent collapse of Thomas Cook and other established companies in financial difficulty, such as Pizza Express and Links of London, Barry Ross looks at the plight of the workforce when companies face going under and the role of HR.

• Insolvency payments

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2019.

• Compensation - pay and statutory payments

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to take into account an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2019.

• How much of an insolvent employer's debt will the Secretary of State repay to employees?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Retail jobs threat continues as Patisserie Valerie collapses

  Date:

  23 January 2019

  Type:

  News

  Around 900 staff are expected to be made redundant at Patisserie Valerie, as a rescue deal failed to save the cake and coffee chain from going into administration.

• Insolvency: TUPE rights may be retained following "pre-pack" administration

  Date:

  30 June 2017

  Type:

  Law reports

  The European Court of Justice has held that "pre-pack" administration, which is designed to facilitate the sale of a business as a going concern in the event of insolvency, may not prevent employees from having TUPE rights.

• Redundancy consultation: maximum protective awards for former City Link employees in Northern Ireland

  Date:

  18 November 2015

  Type:

  Law reports

  A Northern Ireland tribunal has awarded protective awards of 90 days' pay to former City Link employees over the company's failure to consult on their redundancies.

• TUPE and insolvency: EAT considers limited circumstances in which employees do not transfer

  Date:

  22 January 2014

  Type:

  Law reports

  In DLA Piper's latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal examined the TUPE provisions that mean that employees do not automatically transfer where the transferor is "under the supervision of an insolvency practitioner".